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It has no Name
About the Book
AN IRRESISTIBLE COMING-OF-AGE STORY OF A GAY TEEN IN MODERN INDIA.
‘Are you a boy or a girl?’
Sami should be used to this question, but it still turns her insides to ice. And there will be a lot more for her to face when Ma and she move back to Chandnisarai, a place where she was once viciously bullied.
But the town wrong-foots her from the get-go. Her new school doesn’t insist on skirts and, after some initial curiosity, her classmates are indifferent to her severe buzzcut. Sami finds refuge in the cricket club by day and discovers a whole new world of streaming television by night. She even makes the level-headed Laila, the fun-loving Murad, the mysterious Vidhi, and—online—the nameless Gaybe.
As Sami starts to be lulled into a sense of ease, however, old secrets and forgotten memories resurface. She must make a choice, but in doing so, will she lose the friendships that are her lifelines?
About the Author
Payal Dhar has been writing stories since she was seven years old. Unfortunately, no one will ever know what was in them because her dog ate everything. She writes on a computer these days, and hopes she’ll never cross paths with a Pting. In her day job, which she does at night because she hates mornings, she is a freelance journalist on science, technology and society. She also writes books for middle-grade and young-adult readers. It Has No Name is her tenth novel. If you’d like to get in touch, especially to recommend good books, you can do so at her website, payaldhar.com.
AN IRRESISTIBLE COMING-OF-AGE STORY OF A GAY TEEN IN MODERN INDIA.
‘Are you a boy or a girl?’
Sami should be used to this question, but it still turns her insides to ice. And there will be a lot more for her to face when Ma and she move back to Chandnisarai, a place where she was once viciously bullied.
But the town wrong-foots her from the get-go. Her new school doesn’t insist on skirts and, after some initial curiosity, her classmates are indifferent to her severe buzzcut. Sami finds refuge in the cricket club by day and discovers a whole new world of streaming television by night. She even makes the level-headed Laila, the fun-loving Murad, the mysterious Vidhi, and—online—the nameless Gaybe.
As Sami starts to be lulled into a sense of ease, however, old secrets and forgotten memories resurface. She must make a choice, but in doing so, will she lose the friendships that are her lifelines?
About the Author
Payal Dhar has been writing stories since she was seven years old. Unfortunately, no one will ever know what was in them because her dog ate everything. She writes on a computer these days, and hopes she’ll never cross paths with a Pting. In her day job, which she does at night because she hates mornings, she is a freelance journalist on science, technology and society. She also writes books for middle-grade and young-adult readers. It Has No Name is her tenth novel. If you’d like to get in touch, especially to recommend good books, you can do so at her website, payaldhar.com.
364 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 13, 2024
About the author
Payal Dhar
23 books47 followersPayal Dhar (she/they) has been writing stories since they were seven years old. Unfortunately, no one will ever know what was in them because they dog ate everything. They write on a computer these days, and hopes they’ll never cross paths with a Pting.
In her day job, which she does at night because she hates mornings, she is a freelance journalist on science, technology and society. She also writes books for middle-grade and young-adult readers.
If you’d like to get in touch, especially to recommend good books, you can do so at their website, payaldhar.com.
In her day job, which she does at night because she hates mornings, she is a freelance journalist on science, technology and society. She also writes books for middle-grade and young-adult readers.
If you’d like to get in touch, especially to recommend good books, you can do so at their website, payaldhar.com.
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