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Poornima is an award-winning novelist whose short stories have been published in The Guardian and The Telegraph newspapers in the UK. Born and raised in India, she still retains a deep connection to her motherland, which reflects in all her stories and books. Poornima lives in the UK with her family.

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	A Quiet Dissonance: Winner of the Bronze medal in The Wishing Shelf Awards 4.13 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parvathy's Well & other stories (India Book 1) 4.10 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intersections: A Novel 4.26 avg rating — 98 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eight - Fantastical Tales From Here, There & Everywhere: Around the World Collection 4.28 avg rating — 68 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Intimacy of Loss: A Novella 4.14 avg rating — 66 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twelve - stories from around the world: Around the World Collection 4.18 avg rating — 56 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holi Moly! & other stories (India Collection Book 3) 4.33 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“We only do three temples today,” Mr Song said, scratching his armpit. “For more, you take three-day package.”

“That won’t work,” M replied. “We leave tomorrow.”

“You come all this way to Cambodia for two days?” His eyebrows climbed his forehead. “Don’t tell me you go to Thailand after this.”

“No, no,” I blurted. “We’re going to Hanoi.” I added a hopeful smile.

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

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