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Written in Sudha Murty's inimitable style, Common Yet Uncommon is a heartwarming picture of everyday life and the foibles and quirks of ordinary people. In the fourteen tales that make up the collection, Sudha Murty delves into memories of childhood, life in her hometown and the people she's crossed paths with. These and the other characters who populate this book do not possess wealth or fame. They are unpolished and outspoken, transparent and magnanimous.

Clara Wilson is your typical clichéd teen fiction protagonist with exactly two friends, no social life and a 4.0 GPA. She has been in love with Alec Evans, the unattainably popular football quarterback and her next-door neighbor, forever. She thinks she is in for a quiet senior year until Jake Henderson arrives. Bad boy extraordinaire, he's arrogant, rude, undeniably gorgeous and shares a past with Clara that she wants to do nothing more than to forget. Caught between two boys, Clara’s life is turned upside down in the most ridiculous of ways.

Who doesn’t know the Jains in India! They are the picture-perfect billionaire family, and Surya was their picture-perfect prince. The eligible and good-looking bachelor had shot to fame for creating D'sire, India's most desirable chocolate. The man who was to lead the company into the future now lies lifeless in his office tower.