When Stars Fell Into My Soup

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Book</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Spencer Diaz a sixteen-year-old teenager is dying. Almost. Probably. Well it is up to his doctor and his dad to decide how long to wait for a transplant before they pull the literal plug on his life support system. While he awaits his fate at a hospital in Del Rio Texas Spencer ponders over the soupy mess that his life is what with a runaway mother an outcast band of friends and the odd gun shooting in the school corridors not to mention the steady dose of bullying and the angsts of growing up. Stepping out from the medically induced com(m)a into a full stop sounds too appealing.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Will Spencer give in to his fears or give being alive another chance?</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>While Spencer's morphine-addled brain meanders a dozen other stories spanning across multiple cities in the US and India get entwined with his-an ailing widow a soon-to-be groom a lost son a hopeful father-to-be a lonely romantic a once-envious sister a desolate dad a has-been wife a jilted partner a vagabond traveller a hushed daughter and a scared spectator-each dealing with the dramatic soap operas of their own lives.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Will they find the stars that fell into their soup? Will they discover their true north?</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Journey through the pages of this heartfelt book peppered with slice-of-life humor. You may well find your place in the celestial (dis)order of the zodiacs.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Author</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Puneet Gupta is your classic techie-turned-storyteller-only with a few unexpected plot twists and detours along the way. He fell in love with storytelling early on but took the scenic route through an alternate reality of engineering degrees (IIT Delhi University of Maryland) and a winding journey through the tech world before finding his way back to his true passion.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With a right brain that refuses to sit still and a heart that beats in bold italics Puneet has spent the last three decades chasing creativity-whether through art theatre travel or writing. His five years in the US first as a student and then as a professional turned out to be a shift in narrative helping him find his voice as a writer drawn to slice-of-life stories quirky poetry and deeply human narratives about authenticity and belonging.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Born and raised in Delhi Puneet now calls Bangalore home-the city where most of his creative dreams took flight. He has penned four plays (in both English and Hindi) a book of poetry and numerous short stories. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Stars Fell Into My Soup</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is his debut novel. </span></p>