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Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas set to publish new memoir in February

“I have always felt that life is a solitary journey, that we are each on a train, riding through our hours, our days, our years. We get on alone, we leave alone, and the decisions we make as we travel on the train are our responsibility alone. . . .”

Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ train journey of life so far, is an inspiration to south Asian women everywhere. She won Miss World in 2000, has starred in over 60 Bollywood and Hollywood movies, is the first Indian-born actor to lead an American network TV series when she starred in the ABC drama Quantico, has won multiple acting awards, was one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Influential People in 2016, was one of Forbes Magazine’s World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2017 and is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. So news that she will be penning her perspective of her experiences, is exciting.

A remarkable life story rooted in two different worlds, Unfinished offers insights into Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s childhood in India; her formative teenage years in the United States; and her return to India, where against all odds as a newcomer to the pageant world, she won the national and international beauty competitions that launched her global acting career. Whether reflecting on her nomadic early years or the challenges she has faced as she has doggedly pursued her calling, Priyanka shares her challenges and triumphs with warmth and honesty. The result is a book that is philosophical, sassy, inspiring, bold, and rebellious. Just like the author herself.

From her dual-continent twenty-year-long career as an actor and producer to her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, from losing her beloved father to cancer to marrying Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s story will inspire a generation and south Asian women around the world to gather their courage, embrace their ambition, and commit to the hard work of following their dreams.

The book will be available to buy from 11th February here.