Set in 2008, a pivotal year that witnessed the global financial crash, the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, tightening of immigration laws and rise in gun-related violence in the West Midlands, this is the story of one Indian girl, Arya Mahtani, who's sole aim is to simply pass the year at a British university.
Her jugaad and privilege puts her directly in the path of a hardworking scholarship student– Vladimir Petrov, the vodka to her hot chocolate.
Their tumultuous friendship is affected by global events, the landscape around them ever changing. And slowly, the Russian winter begins to melt for the Indian summer.
Funny and endearing, Three Impossible Wishes is a heart-warming book about finding love and learning to love yourself.