The first-time memoirist
Meet Meera Rao.
She did not need a bigger story. She needed to believe the one she had mattered.
A teacher and lifelong keeper of notebooks, Meera has collected small family stories for years. In this illustrative journey, she begins writing them for her children, then discovers a wider story about memory and belonging.
Walk through Meera’s journey
“Some stories arrive in chapters. Others arrive as recipes, letters and things we cannot quite throw away.”
Meera Rao · The first-time memoirist
She did not need a bigger story. She needed to believe the one she had mattered.
Memoir
The Things We Keep
Some stories arrive in chapters. Others arrive as recipes, letters and things we cannot quite throw away.
It takes people
The team beside this story.
Publishing Coach
Untangles “I don’t know where to start.”
Meet the person & their projects →Team profile · Kavita NairEditorial Lead
Spots a wandering sentence from three rooms away.
Meet the person & their projects →Team profile · Devansh RaoDesign Lead
Can judge a margin. Won't judge your first draft.
Meet the person & their projects →Books leave something with the people who work on them, too. Here, the team shares the details and conversations that stayed with them.
“I have finished it. Why does it still feel unfinished?”
The draft was complete. The next step was learning what to leave in, and what to let go.