Publication
Anchor, 2000.
Status
Available
Description
This novel about friendship, marriage and betrayal, focuses on the difficult choices that contemporary women have to make, whether or not they happen to have been raised in the Asian community.
User reviews
LibraryThing member LDVoorberg
An excellent blend of chiclit and serious literature. The book is not a "light read" but is disguised as one, with the way it encompasses topics of typical chic lit fiction (love, adultery, dull marriages, girl friends, midlife crisis, dysfunctional families) with profound insight and realism -- no
Even though my own journey is so different from theirs, there were many times when the descriptions used to identify their situations spoke exactly to something I have felt. The author is spot on with her characters and their emotions. And she explains them thoroughly but concisely.
There's so much material in this book, it would be perfect for discussion groups.
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sugar coating, but no hyperbolic drama, either. The combination of three women, very different but intimately bound together, makes for a good read. Even though my own journey is so different from theirs, there were many times when the descriptions used to identify their situations spoke exactly to something I have felt. The author is spot on with her characters and their emotions. And she explains them thoroughly but concisely.
There's so much material in this book, it would be perfect for discussion groups.
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LibraryThing member heinous-eli
The characters are very realistic and their reflections on life are hilarious and true. True to its "chick flick" genre, there are some soap-opera twists, but overall, it's a good read.
LibraryThing member miketroll
Amusing, light-hearted follow-up to her successful first novel, Anita and Me.
LibraryThing member in.
hilarious black british version of sex and the city but MUCH much better. Meera Syal has just an incredible humour!
LibraryThing member purplehena
I liked it, but I had trouble identifying with the main characters. It seems that growing up South Asian in London is quite different from growing up South Asian in the U.S.! Also, I expected the book to be much funnier than it actually was. Instead of making me laugh, a lot of it just made me feel
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LibraryThing member froxgirl
This is a novel with a familiar pretext: three female friends from school days grow up and either get what they wanted, or don't. Tania, Chila, and Sunita are the pretty one, the dreamer, and the smart one, all Indian Brits living in London. Their intertwined lives are damaged by deception,
Quotes: "Choosing whom you love is the most political decision you can make."
"Tania did not subscribe to the theory that every time a relationship ended, the other person walked away with a piece of you, and vice versa. That would mean most of the population would become colanders in a rainstorm."
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heartache, and family troubles, all realistic and enchantingly told. The cultural aspect of living with and loving your ethnic heritage (despite never having been to India!) are also handled with a fine pen, as is "love" vs arranged marriage. Highly recommended!Quotes: "Choosing whom you love is the most political decision you can make."
"Tania did not subscribe to the theory that every time a relationship ended, the other person walked away with a piece of you, and vice versa. That would mean most of the population would become colanders in a rainstorm."
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LibraryThing member paulmorriss
Great story about three women.
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
1862300526 / 9781862300521