Who is Lakshmi?

Staring at the stars, decoding the teenage world of her kids and, working five days a week are ways Lakshmi spends her time. When she is not watching Korean or Chinese dramas, she is conjuring up worlds in her head that become her next book. She writes about adoption, parenting, politics and, books.

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