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YATENDRA CHANDRA

STORIES OF LOVE. CHOICE.
COURAGE. AND THE LIVES WE
CHOOSE TO BUILD.

A contemporary literary collection about women, relationships, responsibility and the courage to choose oneself.

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THE COLLECTION

THREE STORIES.
THREE WOMEN.
THREE CHOICES.

Love in the Shape of Life

LOVE IN THE SHAPE OF LIFE

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A Woman in the Middle of Everything

A WOMAN IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING

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A Lady on Her Own Terms

A LADY ON HER OWN TERMS

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THE CENTRAL THEME

THESE ARE STORIES
ABOUT CHOICES.

Sometimes love asks us to stay.

Sometimes responsibility asks us to endure.

And sometimes the hardest choice is simply choosing ourselves.

Love in the Shape of Life

BOOK ONE

LOVE IN THE SHAPE OF LIFE

"Some loves don't ask to be easy.
They ask to be honest."

A STORY OF CARE, COURAGE, AND THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE.

LOVECARECOURAGERESPONSIBILITYCHOICEFREEDOM

BOOK TWO

A WOMAN IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING

"Eight years of silence.
One choice that changed everything."

A STORY OF LOVE, DUTY, AND THE COURAGE TO CHOOSE YOURSELF.

LOVEDUTYIDENTITYRESPONSIBILITYSELFHOODCHOICE
A Woman in the Middle of Everything
A Lady on Her Own Terms

BOOK THREE

A LADY ON HER OWN TERMS

"She didn't wait for permission.
She built her life."

A NOVEL OF CHOICE. COURAGE. CONSEQUENCE.

INDEPENDENCECHOICECOURAGECONSEQUENCESELF-DETERMINATION

THE LITERARY UNIVERSE

THE WORLD OF YATENDRA CHANDRA

LOVE&DUTY
DESIRE&RESPONSIBILITY
SILENCE&SPEECH
FEAR&COURAGE
THE LIFE WE INHERIT&THE LIFE WE CHOOSE

THE QUESTIONS THESE STORIES ASK

WHAT DOES LOVE REALLY ASK OF US?

WHEN DOES DUTY BECOME TOO MUCH?

CAN WE CARE FOR SOMEONE WITHOUT LOSING OURSELVES?

IS FREEDOM ALWAYS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT YATENDRA CHANDRA

AUTHOR  ·  STORYTELLER  ·  OBSERVER OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS

"Yatendra Chandra writes about people standing at the difficult intersection of love, responsibility and choice."

THE BOOKS

Love in the Shape of Life
A Woman in the Middle of Everything
A Lady on Her Own Terms

A NOTE FROM YATENDRA CHANDRA

"Some stories begin with love.
Others begin with the moment someone realizes that love alone cannot decide the shape of a life."

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BOOK ONE

"Some choices do not break the heart. They redefine it."

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BOOK TWO

"The door was never locked. She just had to choose to open it."

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BOOK THREE

"She built a life that finally looked like her own."

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THE STORIES IN CONVERSATION

WHAT DOES LOVE ASK OF US?

WHAT DOES DUTY ASK OF US?

WHAT DO WE ASK OF OURSELVES?

HOW DO WE BUILD A LIFE
THAT IS TRULY OUR OWN?

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

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PRESS & CONVERSATIONS

Interviews, articles and conversations will be added here as they are published.

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LET THE STORIES FIND YOU

New stories, excerpts, reflections and conversations from Yatendra Chandra.

SOME LIVES
ARE GIVEN TO US.
SOME LIVES
WE CHOOSE.

THE STORIES OF YATENDRA CHANDRA

Love in the Shape of Life
A Woman in the Middle of Everything
A Lady on Her Own Terms

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