FREUDIAN SLIP

On more than one occasion, I’ve had a Freudian slip—substituting my name with Gita’s— while discussing my novel with others. And although GITA isn’t a memoir, it’s based on some of my experiences, so in the review below, the reader isn’t wrong in mentioning my name instead of the main character Gita’s. Thank you, dear reader, for this lovely review on the Barnes & Noble website.

COVER REVEAL!

A cover so destined to be iconic & so perfect for my überrealistic novel dropping 9/10/24 from Penguin Teen! ⚡Read an excerpt now HERE and crank Nirvana’s “Love Buzz” (Gita listens to it in chapter 6!) to feel the vibe of this game-changer novel about a silenced 18-year-old Gujarati-American girl—incognizant of the unspeakable in her childhood—whose mute language becomes repetition, chaos, and secrets, and she’ll continue to downward spiral unless she figures out how to rip off her family’s proverbial muzzle of chup-re (shut up)…⚡

Pre-order here: Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up, Penguin Teen

Thank you Kristin Boyle for the striking cover design and Fatima Baig for the gorgeous cover illustration!

Thank you to my fantastic agent Victoria Wells Arms and my incredible editor Rosie Ahmed!

Thank you to everyone at Penguin Teen who’ve helped make this novel a reality!