Berlin Book Launch | Ask Me How It Works: Love in an Open Marriage | by Deepa Paul
Social Capital is thrilled to present the Berlin book launch of Deepa Paul's revolutionary debut memoir, Ask Me How it Works: Love in an Open Marriage.
The evening will feature a Q&A with Deepa, hosted by Berlin-based Filipina journalist Ana P. Santos. Ana runs a sex column and podcast, and is dedicated to social advocacy around gender, sexuality and women’s health.
Join us in Berlin Mitte for an intimate celebration of the publication of Deepa's book — the books will be available in English (Penguin Random House) and German (hanserblau) to purchase and sign.
Spots are very limited, so if you can no longer make it, please cancel your ticket so we can offer it to someone on the waitlist. We can't wait to see you!
About the book:
In the early hours of dawn in Amsterdam, Deepa Paul rises from her boyfriend’s bed. She gets dressed, slips away with a kiss and cycles home, where she is welcomed into the arms of her husband, whose contentment is mellow alongside her own. There isn’t a glimmer of shame, deception or guilt, only the honesty and compassion needed to make this kind of life possible — even if it wasn’t always this easy.
You might have questions. Whose idea was it? What are the rules? Are you ever jealous? In this memoir, Deepa offers her answers openly and tenderly, as she explores the truth to questions of her own. Can I ask for what I want, and still honour the life I have chosen? Do I deserve it? Is it worth it?
Unexpectedly relatable and joyfully vibrant, this is one woman’s story of discovering her own desires and how to liberate them, of shifting identities from mother to lover and back again, and of finding the courage to ask for the marriage she wanted, beyond the marriage she had.