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  <titleInfo>
    <title>The first connect</title>
    <subTitle>moment of magic. Waves of whisper</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Khaitan, Pooja Misra</namePart>
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      <placeTerm type="text">Gurugram</placeTerm>
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    <publisher>India Penguin Enterprise</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2025</dateIssued>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>396 pages ; 20 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>The first connect: moment of magic. Waves of whisper: This contemporary romance explores the unpredictable nature of love through the intertwined stories of Kareena and Mouni. Kareena's settled life is shaken when her first love returns after eighteen years, forcing her to confront feelings she had buried and to navigate the difficult space between memory, desire, loyalty, and present-day reality. At the same time, teenager Mouni witnesses two very different expressions of love—one based on persistent pursuit and the other on selfless surrender—and begins to develop her own understanding of relationships. Through these parallel journeys, the novel examines first love, lost love, longing, emotional rediscovery, and the choices people make when the past unexpectedly meets the present. It ultimately asks whether lasting love is created through conscious effort or guided by fate.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Pooja Misra Khaitan W.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Love</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Interpersonal relations</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Love</topic>
    <topic>Psychological aspects</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Women</topic>
    <topic>Psychology</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Teenage girls</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Romance fiction</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc">823.085 KHA/F</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780143475781 (paperback)</identifier>
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