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Oh my! Take one part immigrant experience, one part generational clashes, one part naughty stories, one part women’s liberation, and one part blockbuster subplot. Mix vigorously until blended, pour into London’s Southall neighborhood, and enjoy.
The novel is along the same vein as Crazy Rich Asians; richly entertaining despite some mainstream-y elements.
And yes, there are erotic stories, by and for Punjabi widows, and they are an absolute riot.
As an audiobook, this was delightful, all ten hour ...more
The novel is along the same vein as Crazy Rich Asians; richly entertaining despite some mainstream-y elements.
And yes, there are erotic stories, by and for Punjabi widows, and they are an absolute riot.
As an audiobook, this was delightful, all ten hour ...more
This story was great! I was attracted to it, because I am an ESL teacher to adults myself, but my class has never gotten this interesting - lol! The book tells the story of Nikki, a modern daughter on Indian immigrants, who lives in London, and who decides to take a part-time job teaching English to a group of Punjabi widows. Immediately, though, the widows let her know that they are not really interested in leaning the alphabet and how to read and write in English, but instead, they want to tel
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A lovely read. Nikki, a Sikh Muslim trying to live a modern life, moves away from her family and gets a job. She needs more income and so she signs up to teach a creative writing class for women at the Sikh temple. From here several stories unfold. The widows in the class only want to write about their erotic fantasies and Nikki is at first shocked and then determined to support their writing. The immigrant experience, the female journey, the meeting of generations and a little bit of mystery ma
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Feb 03, 2021
Deborah
marked it as to-read
Mar 03, 2022
Traci
marked it as check-these-out-further
