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After my husband, I thought I’d never introduce another man to my mother. Then I did
My homecoming was meant to surprise her. Turns out the surprise was on me
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Deepa Paul
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COVER REVEAL! Ask Me How It Works: Love In An Open Marriage
A cover one year in the making. Pre-orders are now open!
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Deepa Paul
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A love letter to my belly
A major surgery is about to take away the part of me I hated the most. I'm finding it surprisingly hard to say goodbye.
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Deepa Paul
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Coming home, coming out
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COVER REVEAL! Ask Me How It Works: Love In An Open Marriage
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Wildest dreams come true
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If you think naming a baby is hard, try naming a husband.
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A love letter to my belly
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Postcards from Rethymno
Memories and missives from a Cretan getaway.
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Deepa Paul
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She's real, she's here, and she's beautiful
My book in my hands at last! Come and take an early look.
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Deepa Paul
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Recovery is a shapeshifter
Current status: it's complicated.
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Deepa Paul
Not all questions have easy answers
A life-changing diagnosis sparks a search for answers.
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Deepa Paul
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How are you? No, how are you, really?
On sharing, why I'm struggling to share, and the things I could say instead
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Deepa Paul
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With spring comes new dreams
What new hopes will you allow to grow?
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Deepa Paul
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If you think naming a baby is hard, try naming a husband.
One final hurdle in my memoir has me thinking about names, identity, and Internet haters.
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Deepa Paul
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Letters by Deepa
Letters by Deepa
Personal essays on intimacy and relationships, motherhood and family, and the never-ending creative process of writing to become fully myself, by the Filipina-Indian author of ASK ME HOW IT WORKS: LOVE IN AN OPEN MARRIAGE (Viking UK, May 2025).
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