In the surprising novel My Friend's Diary, Rashmi, a once successful writer at a women's magazine, is going through a bad phase in her professional life.Her new boss has made it next to impossible for her to continue working at the publication. A very troubled Rashmi decides to visit an old friend, Shonali, to find solace and renew their long-lost friendship. Only she gets a big surprise upon hearing that her friend has died. Her shock is intensified when she learns that Shonali gave birth to a girl named Rashi, and that the baby lives with Shonali's parents in Kolkata. Rashmi is given her deceased friend's diary to read, thinking she can relive her memories and find solace. Instead, she suffers the biggest jolt of her life!Bound by the wish of a dying person to read the diary until the end, the discoveries Rashmi finds in the diary shake her world and her trust. Can she learn to forgive?First-time author Bharti Juyal lives in New Delhi.Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/BhartiJuyal