Srilanka, March 8 -- Nanda Pethiyagoda's latest publication Love & Women: personal narratives offers a thought-provoking exploration of marriage, gender roles, and communication in Sri Lanka. Through her compiled and edited collection of real-life narratives from nine women of diverse backgrounds, personal struggles; societal expectations; and the often-overlooked emotional toll of relationships are examined.

Divided into three sections-Never Married, Married But..., and Happily Married- The Compiling Editor Pethiyagoda explores love, passion, blending Eastern wisdom, quoting Lao Tzu (500 BC), with Western literary figures like John Donne, Shakespeare, and O' Henry's A Service of Love, fame, offering a comprehensive study of Sri Lankan w...