New Delhi, November 9: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, will be released across bookstores in India on Tuesday, November 10. Publisher HarperCollins announced that the much-anticipated book will be available from 10 am.

In a post on X on Monday, HarperCollins said bookstores across the country were preparing for the launch, describing the memoir as the story of a woman who fell in love with a man and a country, rebuilt her life and dedicated herself to serving India.

​​​​​​​The book will be available at several prominent bookstores, including Higginbotham in Chennai, Bahrisons and Midland in Delhi, The White Crow and Title Waves in Mumbai, Mathrubhumi Books in Kerala, Blossoms and The Bookworm in Karnataka, as well as Crossword outlets across multiple states.

Earlier, Sonia Gandhi explained her decision to write the memoir, saying she felt the time had come to narrate her life story in her own words. In a statement shared on X on Saturday, she recalled that she and her late husband, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, had once decided not to respond to everything written about them.

However, she eventually felt the need to present her own account of her life and experiences.

Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to his mother, acknowledging her six decades of public life. "Sixty years in public life, and still the same person. Proud of you, Ma," he wrote on X.

Sharing another excerpt from his mother's interaction with The Hindu, Rahul highlighted the values that have guided her throughout her public life, including loyalty, sincerity, compassion and a strong sense of duty and responsibility.

The memoir traces Sonia Gandhi’s journey from her childhood in post-war Italy to her life in India. It recounts her romance with Rajiv Gandhi during their time at Cambridge University, their marriage and the personal tragedies that shaped her life.

The book also revisits the assassinations of her mother-in-law, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and her husband, Rajiv Gandhi, and explores her evolving relationship with India, which she came to embrace as her home.

Publisher Alfred A. Knopf had announced on August 18 that the memoir would be published on November 10.

Born in Italy, Sonia Gandhi was 19 when she met Rajiv Gandhi in Cambridge, England, in 1965. The couple married on February 25, 1968.