Sweta Srivastava Vikram is a multi-genre writerliving in New York City. Her work has appearedor is forthcoming in literary journals, online publications,and anthologies across six countriesand three continents. Sweta has attended severalwriting residencies and workshops in the UnitedStates and Europe. She is a VONA writer and agraduate of Columbia University.

About this Chapbook...

We have all lost a dear one at some point in ourlives. Grief, depending on the relationship with theone deceased, affects us differently. I feel my Dadaand Mausi's absence every single day for disparatereasons. But these two losses have taught me thattheir time had come. And that life is about celebratingthose alive and not just mourning those whohave moved on. Optimism and faith are the keys toovercoming the roadblocks life puts in our way.This book tries to state that there is always hope foranyone coping with grief. No one can tell us exactlyhow; the voyage has to be undertaken by each of usindividually.

Learn more about the author at www.swetavikram.com

From the World Voice Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com