]HarperCollins India is delighted to announce that
Shweta Bachchan-Nanda’s debut, Paradise
Towers, will release on 10th October 2018, with
a book launch event in Mumbai. A heart-warming
slice-of-life novel set in an apartment building in Mumbai, Paradise Towers, is a riveting read brimming with the drama and intrigue of
everyday lives. The book is now available for pre-order on major online retail
sites.
About Paradise Towers: Dinesh opens the door to the Kapoor flat to find Lata,
the enchantress who works at Mrs Aly Khan’s, carrying a hot case with freshly
made gaajar ka halwa. On the first floor, the inquisitive Mrs Mody wipes the
dust off her precious binoculars to spy on the building’s security guard. The
Singhs open the doors of their SUV, their four boys creating a ruckus – they
are the newcomers, the outsiders. Through the peephole, the ever-watchful Mrs
Ranganekar observes their arrival. Welcome to Paradise Towers, an apartment
building in central Mumbai. Everyone here has a story to tell. Or maybe they
have stories to hide.
Shweta Bachchan-Nanda’s quirky, intimate debut explores the intertwined lives
in this building – a forbidden r]omance, an elopement, the undercurrents of
tension in corridor interactions and an explosive Diwali celebration. Shweta Bachchan-Nanda’s
is a dazzling voice that will draw you into the intoxicating, crazy world that
is Paradise Towers.
Speaking
about how she came to write Paradise Towers, Shweta Bachchan-Nanda
said, ‘I grew up with my grandfather who was a poet and a writer.
Writing and reading was always a very important part of our lives. I’ve been
writing a diary ever since I was a little girl, and wrote stories that I never shared
with anyone. Then, one day I just said, I am going to take this plunge. I
started writing a column for a newspaper in Mumbai and it gave me a lot of
confidence to go ahead and do this full time, and that’s where Paradise Towers comes from.’
Karan Johar, renowned filmmaker, further added, ‘Observant, moving,
hilarious and exceptionally astute... Paradise Towers is no slice of
life...it's an entire loaf. Shweta
“builds” her debut novel with the ease of a literary veteran. Go find your
Paradise between these pages!’
Shre]ya Punj, Assistant Editor, HarperCollins India, who
acquired the book, said, ‘I
fell in love with the story when I first read it. Now, Paradise Towers
is ready to meet its readers, and I cannot wait for people to fall in love with
this quirky, intimate world Shweta has created. We’re proud to be publishing
her debut – it’s fresh, insightful and a story that will resonate with
everyone.’
About the author: Shweta
Bachchan-Nanda is a columnist for DNA and V]ogue. A
well-known personality, she is the daughter of actors Jaya and Amitabh
Bachchan. Shweta is married to Nikhil Nanda and is the mother of two c]hildren.
She has her own clothing label, MxS, which launched in 2018. She lives in New
Delhi. This is her first novel.
For more information, please contact Shabnam.Srivastava@harpercollins.co.in
Imprint: HarperCollins India
Price: Rs 250
