Bloomsbury India is set to release The Wrong Way Home, the latest novel by Shunali Khullar Shroff, on 2nd December 2025. The 288-page paperback, priced at Rs 399 (ISBN: 9789369527298), is now available for pre-order at all major online retailers.

Nayantara is forty, recently divorced, and blindsided when her celebrity ex-husband marries a young influencer. Suddenly broke, single, and dismissed by the society she once navigated with ease, she decides it’s time to reclaim her life. Determined to rebuild her PR business, she takes on clients ranging from an aging movie star terrified of fading relevance, to a politician desperate to repair his image, and a small-town socialite reinventing herself as a cultural tastemaker.

Amid the whirlwind of ambition, Nayan finds herself pulled between two men—one offering stability, the other glittering charm and temptation. Between Mumbai’s relentless pace and the quieter allure of Landour, she must confront questions of love, ambition, and identity in a world obsessed with appearances.

Critics and early readers praise Shroff’s signature mix of humor, insight, and satire. Actor Sonali Bendre calls it “equal parts satire and heart,” while Namita Devidayal hails Nayantara as “disarmingly real.” Divia Thani of Conde Nast Traveller commends the novel’s honest and timely exploration of divorce and reinvention in contemporary India.

Shunali Khullar Shroff is a Mumbai-based writer whose work spans fiction, essays, and cultural commentary. She is the author of Love in the Time of Affluenza, celebrated for its razor-sharp satire, and the memoir Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother. She also co-hosts the podcast Not Your Aunty, a space for candid, irreverent conversations.