The Slow Disappearing: Some things you lose. Some you surrender.

The Slow Disappearing is a deftly crafted plot about a family, both frozen in time and careening into an uncertain future. A mother in the throes of dementia, fears the loss of words over the loss of life. The protagonist, trapped in her new role as the reluctant caregiver. A rebel sister who unearths a secret and is forced to close the distance on her past. A son, reeling from abandonment, scrambles for a foothold. With the heart of a poet and the clear eye of a historian, P. A. Chawla takes us on a singular journey recording the travels and travails of a family flung across three countries.

P. A. Chawla was born and raised in Mumbai and knew she wanted to be a writer ever since she held a pen. A longtime resident of USA, she draws inspiration from her heritage and excels at women and relationships fiction. Ms. Chawla enjoys literature, music, and most of all, her children. She has written two other novels.