On a long-haul international flight world-famous writer Piya Choudhury tells the one story she hasn't yet told her own...
Loved and indulged by her mother and grandparents, but haunted by the mysterious absence of her father, Piya grows up in Kolkata, a gifted and impetuous child who pursues her studies with the same passion as she does her first few adolescent crushes, until a savage encounter leaves her repulsed... She moves to Mumbai hoping to become a journalist and falls deeply in love with her editor, Abir, but when a controversial story she is working on about drug abuse among Bollywood celebrities is stymied, she is forced to choose between the man she loves and her own professional integrity.
Years later, she is settled in New York, married to a renowned artist who helps her find herself creatively, setting her free in the process. Liberated, successful, dynamic, and a writer of international acclaim, Piya has everything she's ever wanted, until she is revisited by her past...
Sensuous, soulful, lyrical and moving, Faraway Music poses as many questions as it answers Questions of family, friendship, fame, love and loss, and all that lies in between..
About the Author
A former lifestyle journalist with publications such as TOI, Metro Now and Asian Age and a PR head, Sreemoyee Piu Kundu is a full-time writer based out of New Delhi. An alumna of Lore to House & Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Sreemoyee is also a prolific poet. Sreemoyee has just completed her third novel, an adult fiction Sita's Curse, while her second, You've Got The Wrong Girl, is out next from Hachette India.
