[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_team_member admin_label=”Person” name=”THE OTHER LATA ” image_url=”http:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lillys-Library_Other-Lata.jpg” animation=”off” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Grand Central, 2025<\/p>\n
*A Lilly Library Book Club Selection\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n *One of People’s Best Books of April\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n *A Readerly Best Book of April<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n A compulsively readable story of mistaken identity set within high society New York and the sacrifices made to keep up appearances, \u201cas lively and refreshing as a chilled glass of champagne.\u201d (Kirstin Chen)<\/p>\n Somewhere in New York City, Lata Murthy knows there is another person with her name living a much more interesting life. That’s because Lata often receives the other Lata’s emails: invites to Hampton soirees,\u00a0fundraising appeals from the New York City Ballet and reminders about sample sales at Soho boutiques.. Lata’s own life\u2014working in digital content, watching Food Network marathons, spending recklessly on clothes she can’t afford\u2014feels pathetic in comparison. So, one day she decides to take\u00a0on this other Lata’s identity and jumps headfirst into the glamorous New York lifestyle … but not without consequences.<\/p>\n At first, it all feels like a fairy tale. Lata learns that the invites were meant for a Mumbai socialite who shares her name, and finds a way to step into the woman’s shoes. In doing so, all of Lata’s NYC dreams come true: she gets a higher-paying job, moves into a chic Chelsea apartment and is embraced by an elite friend group that includes\u00a0Rajeev, an up-and-coming fashion designer intent on making a splash at New York Fashion Week.<\/p>\n But Lata doesn’t just catch the attention of the handsome fashion designer\u2014she also incurs the wrath of the mysterious woman she is impersonating. And this Other Lata wants Lata to pay…but in the oddest of ways. Other Lata’s blackmail seems designed to humiliate Lata in front of her wealthy new circle, and Lata has no choice but to submit to her demands if she doesn’t want to lose her new friends and lifestyle.<\/p>\n Despite Other Lata’s machinations, Lata and Rajeev’s romance finds ways to blossom. But when Other Lata’s demands change from mischievous\u00a0to illegal, Lata must find a way to extricate herself from Other Lata’s control once and\u00a0for all.<\/p>\n Ramisetti\u2019s novel is part fairytale, part horror story, deftly weaving a tale of two Latas and their desperation for relevancy. Lata is a flawed yet determined heroine, reminiscent of Sophie Kinsella\u2019s Rebecca Bloomwood or Alexis Rose from Schitt\u2019s Creek, and readers will be eager to unravel the mystery of the Other Lata and discover the underbelly of her socialite circles.\u00a0A fun high-society thriller..\u00a0 — KIRKUS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0“A fun, wild ride.”<\/em>— BOOKLIST\u00a0<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n