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    Twelve - Stories From Around The World: Around the World Collection
    Twelve - Stories From Around The World: Around the World Collection
    Twelve - Stories From Around The World: Around the World Collection
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    Twelve - Stories From Around The World: Around the World Collection

    By Poornima Manco

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    Choices. Life offers us plenty. How do you know you chose correctly?

     

    From the streets of West Berlin to the lush tropical climes of Bali, from New Delhi to New York - these stories follow characters faced with choices that could send their lives in different and sometimes opposite directions. 

     

    A daughter who wants more from life, a father who contemplates ending his; a love lost, a love retained, a love forgotten. Regret, retribution and remorse are liberally sprinkled through this diverse and eclectic collection of short stories. In surprising, vivid and thought-provoking journeys across continents, cultures and landscapes, an indubitable truth emerges - human emotions are essentially the same world over.

     

    Savour this collection of tales that range from smooth to dark, nutty to silly, and bitter to sweet.

     

    Which story would you like to bite into today?

     

     

    *****

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    "Truly like a box of chocolates, something for everyone, lovely short stories. There's dark, light, salty, and sweet, my favorites being the darker stories! I always enjoy the author's beautifully descriptive prose, takes me away to far flung locales, exactly what we all need these days!"

     

    "As per her usual style each story draws you in from the very first sentence. Each story has a completely different narrator and is written in beautifully rich prose. In this book the stories are set in different countries and even ages. But Poornima took care to enter a little commonality into each story, thus connecting the individual stories. Clearly the theme for this book was 'a story with a twist'. A joy to read!"

     

    ​"This was a very enjoyable book with varied themes, different voices and locations - all from one very talented author. I will be adding more of her books to my reading list and would encourage anyone who is not familiar with her to give her a try."

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMango Tree Publications
    Release dateJan 8, 2021
    ISBN9781393626015
    Twelve - Stories From Around The World: Around the World Collection
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    Poornima Manco

    Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Poornima graduated from Delhi University with a degree in English Literature. She lives in the United Kingdom with her husband and two daughters. An avid reader, she also loves travelling, baking and watching old black and white movies. She is the author of four short story collections and one novella. This is her first novel.

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