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Contains a sneak preview of Meera Syal's brand new novel, THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERS
There’s no such thing as a happy ending , is there ...?
Sunita - perfect housewife - is married to Akash, but is her marriage what it seems?
Chila - warm, loveable - has married with great fanfare the entrepreneur Deepak. But are they really in love?
Tania - beautiful, rebellious - has rejected her traditional upbringing for a top television career. But is she really as tough as she says?
As Tania uncovers a devastating truth, are the three friends about to learn the hardest life lesson of all ...?
MEERA SYAL, CBE, is one of our most acclaimed actors and writers. She starred in the hit series The Kumars at No. 42 and recently in the BBC film of David Walliams' The Boy in the Dress. She is currently in the latest series of Broadchurch Meera Syal is also known for her sharp, provocative fiction. Her debut novel is called Anita and Me. Life isn't all Ha Ha Hee Hee is her second acclaimed novel. Her brand new novel The House of Hidden Mothers is out now.
There’s no such thing as a happy ending , is there ...?
Sunita - perfect housewife - is married to Akash, but is her marriage what it seems?
Chila - warm, loveable - has married with great fanfare the entrepreneur Deepak. But are they really in love?
Tania - beautiful, rebellious - has rejected her traditional upbringing for a top television career. But is she really as tough as she says?
As Tania uncovers a devastating truth, are the three friends about to learn the hardest life lesson of all ...?
MEERA SYAL, CBE, is one of our most acclaimed actors and writers. She starred in the hit series The Kumars at No. 42 and recently in the BBC film of David Walliams' The Boy in the Dress. She is currently in the latest series of Broadchurch Meera Syal is also known for her sharp, provocative fiction. Her debut novel is called Anita and Me. Life isn't all Ha Ha Hee Hee is her second acclaimed novel. Her brand new novel The House of Hidden Mothers is out now.
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Tania, Sunita and Chila have been close and somewhat unlikely friends since their schooldays. Sunita, a former law student and activist, married her university sweetheart Akash, and is settled, unsatisfied, into a life of overweight, underappreciated motherhood. Tania, top girl fighter at school, is a raven-maned beauty, who has rejected marriage and anything traditionally Asian, for a high-flying TV career and a compliant Indophile boyfriend called Martin. And then there's Chila. Innocent, kind, funny qualification-less Chila, with her glass animal collection, considered backward by her family, has just, to everyone's amazement, snared Deepak--the richest, most eligible bachelor within a 50-mile radius.
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Writer, comedienne and actress Meera Syal, author of the prize-winningAnita and Me navigates her characters through the emotional rollercoaster of the coming-of-middle-youth--the time when the real growing up is done--with her trademark wit and sensitivity. From the bitching at the celebration--"Now the sister is howling. I'd howl if I had a moustache like hers ..." to the heavy embroidery and tears of a traditional Indian wedding, via the "artistic" wedding photos and "'about seventeen hours of video," Chila sighed, "all with Hindi love songs on them and those fancy Top of the Pops effects.'", through infidelity, TV documentaries and betrayal, Syal regales the reader with the strengths and limits of female friendship.
By the way, if you're pregnant and have set your heart on natural childbirth, avoid pages 72-3. Or else book that elective caesarean and cocktail of drugs. Now. --Lisa Gee
"Funny and sharp." (Independent)
"A superbly crafted, page turning comedy which isn't afraid to tackle the big subjects...heartfelt, heartwarming and very, very good." (The Mirror)
"Extremely funny, wonderfully insightful...a big ambitious book with serious points to be made about the choices women face today...Syal mixes her message with hilarious set pieces." (Sunday Express)
"The story surges along on a rip-tide of wisecracks and wisdom...excellent." (Sunday Telegraph)
"A magical mosaic of friendship, betrayal and cross-cultural incongruities. By turns spicy, hilarious and sad, it unfolds the ties that bind young women to their East End Punjabi roots even as they head west for trendy careers, café bars and sexual freedom." (She)
"A superbly crafted, page turning comedy which isn't afraid to tackle the big subjects...heartfelt, heartwarming and very, very good." (The Mirror)
"Extremely funny, wonderfully insightful...a big ambitious book with serious points to be made about the choices women face today...Syal mixes her message with hilarious set pieces." (Sunday Express)
"The story surges along on a rip-tide of wisecracks and wisdom...excellent." (Sunday Telegraph)
"A magical mosaic of friendship, betrayal and cross-cultural incongruities. By turns spicy, hilarious and sad, it unfolds the ties that bind young women to their East End Punjabi roots even as they head west for trendy careers, café bars and sexual freedom." (She)
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A new edition of the hilarious story of female friendship, rivalry and choice by the much-loved MEERA SYAL, first published in 2000.Contains a sneak preview of Meera Syal's brand new novel, THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERSThere's no such thing as a happy ending , is there .?Sunita - perfect housewife - is married to Akash, but is her marriage what it seems?Chila - warm, loveable - has married with great fanfare the entrepreneur Deepak. But are they really in love?Tania - beautiful, rebellious - has rejected her traditional upbringing for a top television career. But is she really as tough as she says?As Tania uncovers a devastating truth, are the three friends about to learn the hardest life lesson of all .?MEERA SYAL, CBE, is one of our most acclaimed actors and writers. She starred in the hit series The Kumars at No. 42 and recently in the BBC film of David Walliams' The Boy in the Dress. She is currently in the latest series of Broadchurch Meera Syal is also known for her sharp, provocative fiction. Her debut novel is called Anita and Me. Life isn't all Ha Ha Hee Hee is her second acclaimed novel. Her brand new novel The House of Hidden Mothers is out now. Contains a sneak preview of Meera Syal's brand new novel, THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERSTheres no such thing as a happy ending , is there ?Sunita - perfect housewife - is married to Akash, but is her marriage what it seems? Chila - warm, loveable - has married with great fanfare the entrepreneur Deepak. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781784161187
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