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Maya Shanbhag Lang

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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE

“I fell madly in love with Maya […] and could not put this book down.”
—Lori Gottlieb, NYT bestselling author of
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

“Absolutely beautiful.”
—”Good Morning America”

“In exquisitely precise prose, Lang makes an argument that honesty is what’s truly empowering.”
–The New York Times Book Review

What We Carry Maya Shanbhag Lang

AN AMAZON BEST MEMOIR
OF 2020

“A raw and honest story about mothers and daughters, lies and truths, and what it means to grow up.”
—Goop

“A book with such a brave message.”
—The Observer

“Nothing short of radical.”
—Los Angeles Review of Books

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Named A Must-Read/Best Of 2020 by
Parade, Amazon, PopSugar, Bookshop.Org,
BookRiot, Times of India, Bustle,
Platform Magazine, Read It Forward, and more

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