In a world determined to write her story for her, she found the courage to create her own. Seventeen-year-old Riya Sharma lives a life of quiet contradiction. By day, she is the dutiful daughter, her future mapped out by the comforting, yet suffocating, weight of family tradition and an impending arranged marriage . By night, she is a writer, pouring her true self into a hidden notebook filled with stories of girls who dare to dream bigger . When the pressure from her family to accept her fate becomes unbearable, Riya's dream feels more distant than ever . Her only hope lies in her brother’s unwavering belief in her talent and a secret plan to enter a national writing competition that could change everything . But a tragic turn of events leaves her future, and her family, irrevocably broken . Forced to rebuild her life from the ashes of her past, Riya’s journey takes her from the bustling streets of Mumbai to the sprawling campus of Delhi University . There, she discovers that finding her voice is only the beginning. Her words, born from loss and resilience, ignite a spark in others, setting her on a path to empower a new generation of girls to tell their own stories . A powerful and uplifting novel of love, loss, and the enduring strength of the human spirit, Unwritten: Stories of Becoming is an unforgettable tale about the universal struggle to reconcile who we are with who we are expected to be, and the revolutionary power of writing your own destiny.