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This Is Not a Phase is a story born from courage that came too late in real life - and just in time in fiction.
In this novel, Aditi is a college girl who falls in love with another woman and finally dares to face her fear. With the support of her childhood friend, she speaks her truth, comes out to her family, and chooses the girl she loves. In this world, she gets Rashi. In this world, love is not silenced.
But outside these pages, the author did not get that ending.
In real life, fear was heavier than courage. Silence felt safer than truth. And she married a man without ever being able to come out to her family.
This book is not denial.
It is honesty.
It is the life she could not live - written with love, grief, and hope.
It is proof that this was never confusion, never rebellion, never a phase.
This is the story of who she truly is.
And the ending she gives herself here.