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Penguin Books🎧 Listen to LEAVE AND COME BACK author Lavanya Lakshmi explain what a "Rom-Com-Fam-Dram" is and the other media that fit this "genre" 📚 In LEAVE AND COME BACK, Simran Gopal has to return to the family home for a two-week-long Indian wedding after seven years away. Family drama is already at a high when her new boyfriend, Leo, accidentally crashes the engagement party. With the help of her cousins, Sirman must trick her family matriarch, Veena, into adoring Leo. In a mess of misdirection and hijinks, Leo must prove himself to be the most charming, helpful wedding guest imaginable while not giving away that he’s ever met—let alone is currently in love with—Simran. Get in on the Rom-Com-Fam-Dram and pick up this "beautiful story celebrating South Asian culture, family, and what it means to be in love" (Joss Richard) 💕
On the profile · Aug 8, 2026