“How far will you go to keep running from yourself? Eshani Surya’s Ravishing takes this question to new heights, conjuring a dazzling dystopia even as it points a hard finger at our present. You will never look in the mirror the same way again.”—Mira Jacob, author of shortlisted National Book Critics Circle Award Good Talk
“Ravishing is a marvel of a debut that hums with the ache of becoming–a place where even the mirror is a battleground and every shimmer of beauty carries the weight of longing: for love, for a face we can call our own, and for a world less cruel. Surya expertly reminds us that even thought the body remembers grief and abandonment, there can also be a chance to bloom. ”—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders and Bite by Bite