Bond said that while his autobiographical work, "Rain in the Mountains", was about his years spent in Mussoorie, "Scenes from a Writer's Life" described his first 21 years. "Scenes from a Writer's Life" focuses on Bond's trip to England, his struggle to find a publisher for his first book "The Room on the Roof" and his yearning to come back to India, particularly to Doon. "It also tells a lot about my parents", said Bond. "The book ends with the publication of my first novel and my decision to make writing my livelihood", Bond said, adding: "Basically, it describes how I became a writer".