Mary Poser Young Adult edition

Mary Poser is the perfect Southern Baptist daughter—dutiful, people-pleasing, and carefully living the life her family expects. As a social worker in Nashville and the daughter of a minister, Mary has built her world on meeting everyone's expectations while suppressing her own desires and dreams. When Simha Das, a charismatic Hindu Bollywood film director from India, arrives in Nashville, Mary's carefully constructed world begins to unravel. Despite their profound cultural and religious differences—she's country music and steakhouse dinners, he's Bollywood and vegetarianism—an undeniable attraction blooms between them. Caught between her existing boyfriend, her controlling mother's expectations, and the electrifying connection with Simha, Mary faces an impossible choice: continue pleasing everyone around her or finally discover who she truly is and what she truly wants. Through humor, heartache, and cultural collision, Mary embarks on a journey of self-discovery that challenges everything she's been taught about love, faith, family, and identity. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Nashville's music scene with a splash of Indian culture and Bollywood flair, this is ultimately a story about finding the courage to be authentic and the transformative power of love. 2018 American Fiction Awards Winner 2018 Best Book Awards Winner: Inspirational 2018 NYC Big Book Award Winner: Mind, Body, Spirit 2017 Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year Award Finalist 2018 International Book Awards Finalist in Fiction: Multicultural 2018 Paris Book Festival Runner-Up. Category Spiritual/Religious 2018 Readers' Favorite Finalist. Category Cultural 2018 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Nominee for Fiction: Christian Religious 2018 BookViral Millennium Book Award long listed author 2018 London Book Festival Honorable Mention 2018 New Apple Book Awards Official Selection 2018 Body Mind Spirit Book Awards Winner 2019 Independent Press Award Winner 2019 New York Book Festival Winner 2023 SOVAS (Society of Voice Arts and Sciences) best VoiceOver finalist *audiobook