Learning to Fly

by Shehani Gomes

Do you remember when you first fell in love? D you remember the unrestrained joys and plummeting sorrows of adolescence?  Do you remember the confrontation that each new day brought? Enter Kala’s life. This sensitive novel about first love and heartbreak is a complex, bitter-sweet coming of age story that looks at the modern urban Sri Lanka youth in a new and fresh way. Shehani Gomes navigates us through the perilous and uncharted swatters of the young adult, in her exceptionally perceptive debut novel that takes an honest look at a youth woman’s challenges and triumphs in life.

(From Publisher).

Shehani Gomes gave up her degree in law after a short spell as a journalist. She is now an investment analyst by profession and lives and works in Colombo, Sri Lanka She writes poetry for leisure and believes chocolate is a   perfect substitute for all regular meals. This is her first novel.