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082			_aFiction ALV-T
100			_aAlvares, Terence
245			_aCactus blooms : _ba campus love story for the ages / _cTerence Alvares
260			_aIndia _bNotion Press _c2022
300			_a246 p.
365			_aINR _b350.00.
500			_a“You haven’t forgiven me?” he looked at her. “Nothing to forgive,” she said. “You were being yourself. So was I. No point in having any regrets. We were young.” “We are still young,” he said. They looked at each other and smiled. He squeezed her palm gently. It had started as a simple date. A first date for both of them. An evening meetup on the college campus. A walk, conversations, unplanned incidents, a couple of memories made. Four years on the same campus. A journey through break-ups and reunions, navigating social life and crushes, the push and pull of academics, activities, events, personalities and ambitions, and the innate quest of their age―a quest for a special relationship. At the centre of this journey was the sustenance of that first spark of love. Through time and moments, closeness and drifting apart, and then circumstances and events conspiring to renew that flame. Each reunion bringing strength, purpose and maturity into planning futures together. All these against the backdrop kaleidoscope of the sights, sounds, colour and sensory adventures of a vibrant, youthful college campus. A story that will transport the reader back to their university days as though it were some kind of nostalgia-powered time machine.
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