LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Stunningly poetic and vulnerable . . . If
this book doesn't change your perspective on relationships nothing will' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'A
fascinating and big-hearted portrait of sex intimacy and non-monogamy' CLOVER STROUD 'Will
leave you thrilled and humming with possibility' YAEL VAN DER WOUDEN 'A candid and insightful
perspective on love in all its forms' STYLIST ''Written with verve and style connecting
sexual freedom to a rich multi-faceted ancestry' NANA DARKOA SEKYIAMAH 'A brave and elegantly
executed memoir about the power of writing your own rules shaking off shame and fighting for a
marriage to work' THE TIMES What if you dared to want more - from love from life from
yourself? Deepa Paul rises from her boyfriend's bed in the early hours of dawn. She gets
dressed slips away with a kiss and cycles home where she is welcomed lovingly by her husband.
There isn't a glimmer of shame deception or guilt only the honesty and compassion needed to
make this kind of life possible - even if it wasn't always this easy. Whose idea was it? What
are the rules? Are you ever jealous? Deepa answers these questions openly and tenderly as she
seeks truths that many of us long to discover but few dare to ask. Is there more to life and
love than what I've always known? Do I deserve it? Is it worth it? Intimate and bold this is
one woman's story of becoming of desire and of identity and of finding the answers she
believed she deserved - one question at a time. *Publishing in paperback as Ask Me: A Memoir
of Daring to Love Differently *
