The Chrysalis

by Bindu Adai

Overview

Like a richly woven bridal sari, The Chrysalis unfolds with vivid colorfulness, intricate details, and unexpected delight, along with plenty of wrinkles and creases. As Sarai traverses the fine line between honoring her Indian heritage and being true to her own Western mindset, her story unveils the kaleidoscope of human emotion from ecstasy to heartbreak to triumph, along with every nuance in between.

The Chrysalis will quickly weave a cocoon around readers, taking them on a magical carpet ride from the US to the tropical villages of Kerala, India to the romantic canals of Venice and back. But what begins with a story of a young Indian girl facing the pressures of an arranged marriage quickly crescendos into a complex and layered story about family, love, friendship, and ultimately, about life itself-a realization that Life is truly a journey... and that it is often the dead-ends and unexpected detours we experience in Life that lead us to our ultimate destination... and to our most powerful, life-transforming Truths.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499553819
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/04/2014
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Like many first generation Indians, Bindu started college as a pre-med student but eventually diverted from the traditional well-worn path and pursued her love of books and writing. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree (courtesy of all those pre-med classes) and double majors in English and Mass Media, along with a host of accolades, including the President's Award. She later pursued a master's degree in English, but her strong writing and people skills eventually led her towards a very non-literary career path in the software industry. But it was in the midst of the daily 9 to 5 grind where she reconnected with her early love of writing and eventually completed her first novel The Chrysalis, along with 38 Candles, a personal memoir which describes the rediscovery of her dream to write a novel and her journey to publication.

Although Bindu currently lives in sunny South Florida, she is still known to say "y'all" with a strong southern drawl, a dead-giveaway of her early Texas roots. An avid chai and coffee connoisseur, she loves discovering new coffee houses and browsing in bookstores. She is currently working on her next novel, Almost Paradise: Book 1 of The Garden of Eden, a serialized Young Adult (YA) novel.