Life Is What You Make It (PAPERBACK) details from infibeam

About the Book :

What would you do if destiny twisted the road you took? What if it threw you to a place you did not want to go? Would you fight, would you run or would you accept? Set across two cities in India in the early eighties, 'Life is what you make it' is a gripping account of a few significant years of Ankita's life.

Ankita Sharma has the world at her feet. She is young, good-looking, smart and has tonnes of friends and boys swooning over her. College life is what every youngster dreams of and she also manages to get into a premier management school for her MBA. Six months later, she is a patient in a mental health hospital. How did Ankita get here? What were the events that led to this? Will she ever get back her life again?

Life has cruelly and coldly snatched that which meant the most to her and she must now fight to get it all back.

It is a deeply moving and inspiring account of growing up, of the power of faith and how determination and an indomitable spirit can overcome even what destiny throws at you.

A tale, at its core a love-story that makes us question our beliefs about ourselves and our concept of sanity and forces us to believe that life is truly what one makes it.

About the Author :

Preeti Shenoy is an author and an artist based at Banglore, India. Her first book '34 Bubblegums and Candies', a creative non-fiction made it to the national best-seller list.

Her interests are as multifarious and diverse as her several academic degrees. She also specialises in pencil portraits and holds an internationally recornised qualification from UK in portraiture. She has held a number of varied jobs in the past. She has also written for different publications life Readers Digest and Times of India, as well as taught English and Math to underprivileged children in India. She loves art, reading, travelling, photography, nature, animals, blogging and basketball and most of all, spending time with her spouse and two children.Nice Book !! Anybody can read can go for it without any hesitationLoved it...Every line is heart-touching specially those said by Ankita......Its an Suupppeerrbbb One...!!!Personally I did not like the way it is narrated and the writing is not upto mark. Kudos to infibeam service and pricing !!! Love it!!'Life is what you make it'.....and the story lives up to the title,quite literally!! Honestly,I had never heard about the author until recently. The thing I found best was that it teaches each one of us that life may not necessarily turn out the way we have planned or hoped for...!!! I found the central character's self praise went a bit overboard especially when she joined St.Agnes and also at some other instances... In some way,I could connect to yhe story... My favourite lines from the book, "Sometimes all one needs is a strong anchor, a person you can trust blindly.Someone who will lead you on, be there for you and never let you down." ....A nice read,indeed!! :)The Way the title actually says "Life is What You Make It" is very apt to the story portrayed in the book. From the first page to the last, you are kept hooked to book, its hard to put it aside. The book that you can read in one go, the book that I could very much connect myself to the characters enlisted. Ankita, the main character portrayed in the book, went very close to my heart.a GOOD BOOK THAT GIVES THE INSPIRATION TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST......LIFE IS REALLY WHAT YOU MAKE IT!A great experience of reading this book. Thanks Infibeam to gave me that opportunity to read.talking abt d service, it was really efficient n i received d buk 1 day b4 d said date!...hats off 2 infibeamHappened to buy this book to add on a total of 100 bucks alongwith something else. Impressive Infibeam delivery system delivered it on the next day of ordering!!! Finished reading the book in two sittings. It is a lucid narrative sewn in with surprises. To begin with, the cover allures you as yet another inspirational management guide of a sort. The prologue belies the cover and generates a curiosity enough to expect a masala pot boiler. There is enough crass stuff in between making it unworthy for teenagers. The narrative takes a sharp turn from an abmitious love cum success story to a physiological grey area and goes on to deal with the subject of "Bipolar Disorder". Again the story ends on a happy note with yet another surprise turn. An interesting book to read. Congratulations to Preeti Shenoy to have penned down an excellence with simplicity.Mind blowing Book written by Author. Its must read book. but i was expecting different climax, i thought vaibhav to be ankita's husband. but mind blowing piece of art.Its Good ! Specially for student who are in adolescent stage of their life ! jise college ki hawa lagti hai !As I started reading this book, i got hooked to the story narrated by Preeti. I must agree that Preeti has very good imagination and art of giving a message. At the price of Rs. 50 i would surely recommend anyone to buy the book and read it. I am sure once you start reading you will get hooked and will complete within few days of starting it. As far as getting message from the book is concerned it didn't appeal me much.kisi zamane me main bhi bipolar disorder ka mariz hua karta tha.. ya kehna chaiye hun kyunki ek baar yeh ho jaaye toh wo nhn rehte jjo aap kabhi hua karte the... bahut saare badlaav aa jaate hai aapme.. I must say Very rewarding disease for a human being... and the psychology of a bipolar disorder patient and her dreams her perception about the life,the priority of her life and the ultimately goal of the life... beautifully written and understand by the author.. thankz a ton preeti to represent the beauty of human brain and justify the power of attitude and thinking.. all in all fantastic work.. only I have one suggestion.. after a huge success of this book if you get time plz write a detailed version of the story for ur fans in limited edition.. I know my advice is not so appealing for a author like you who might have thousands of other idea as well and want to another write marvellous.. but I feel you must justify the story and the subject. its your moral duty towards society,perhaps you served ur share.. but ultimately you gonna decide how much d share u shud truly served.. all the best for future.. keep rocking.....It was my First experiance with Infibeam and it was really positively surprising, with delivery with in time. Great.As i held this book in my hand, it increased my curiosity. As I read the first few pages, I could actually 'see' everything that the writer expresses. I could feel the agony, the frustrations, the detachement and so much more. My kudos to the writer Priti for an exceptional attempt. Looking forward to completing my reading of the book. All the best to the author for a great career in this field. By the way, I believe, the book is priced ridiculously low. Its price must be increased at least by 150% With loads of love, prayers and best wishes, naren