¿¿ Grand Prize Winner of the Eric Hoffer Book Award for Romance Fiction¿¿Grand Prize Winner of the Chanticleer International Book Awards Chatelaine Romance books¿¿First Place category winner of the Chanticleer International Book Awards Dante Rosetti Young Adult books"With a new twist on almost every page, romance on the boil, and constant, clever, zinger-laden dialogue, Hora's latest offering will undoubtedly engage readers in an ever-accelerating, multi-threaded plot thoroughly in the young adult groove."--- RECOMMENDED by the US Review of Books"This book will have you laughing out loud. It will keep you reading into the night to see what life has in store for these lovable characters who leap off the page and capture your heart and your imagination. Reenita Malhotra Hora's novel, Operation Mom: My Plan to Get My Mom a Life and a Man, is a highly recommended and delightful five-star read." --- Chanticleer Book ReviewsFrom the award-winning author Reenita M. Hora comes a book about a Mumbai-based teen who becomes her mother's matchmaker instead of the other way around, but only to find love herself. This hilarious story about a neurotic mother-daughter relationship is an aged-up Parentrap meets Freaky Friday.2023 INDiE READER DiSCOVERY AWARDSHilarious and heartwarming, Reenita M. Hora's OPERATION MOM (My Plan to Get my Mother a Life and a Man) bypasses typical YA romance to focus on the deeper relationships of parent-child, sister-sister, and, strongest of all, best friends. --- IndieReaderIla, a Mumbai-based teenager, is going nuts with Veena, her controlling, a single mother who prevents her from stalking her pop idol, Ali Zafar. Veena wants her daughter to date real guys in the lead-up to finding a husband. But Ila decides that the only way to get her mom off her back is by finding her a boyfriend instead. With the help of her best friend Deepali, her crush Dev and her mother's best friend Maleeka, they will come up with a plan to make it happen by setting up a profile in dating apps.