My überrealistic novel drops 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

And…check out the official GITA playlist!