THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKAS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME, READ BY MEERA SYAL A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, DAILY MAIL, RED MAGAZINE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Absolutely terrific' JENNY COLGAN'An utterly unputdownable exploration of modern love' STYLIST'Gloriously readable, acute, funny and sympathetic' DAILY MAIL------------------------------------------------------------TWO CULTURES. TWO FAMILIES. TWO PEOPLE. Yasmin Ghorami has a lot to be grateful for: a loving family, a fledgling career in medicine, and a charming, handsome fiancée, fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But as the wedding day draws closer and Yasmin's parents get to know Joe's firebrand feminist mother, both families must confront the unravelling of long-held secrets, lies and betrayals.As Yasmin dismantles her own assumptions about the people she holds most dear, she's also forced to ask herself what she really wants in a relationship and what a 'love marriage' actually means.'A glorious tapestry of modern British family life' METRO'A joy' NAOISE DOLAN'I defy you to put this book down' ADAM KAY'A surefire hit' OBSERVER'Wildly entertaining ... a bold and generous book' FINANCIAL TIMES'Big-hearted, wry and tender' HARPER'S BAZAAR'As engrossing and enjoyable as Brick Lane' SUNDAY TIMES'Rich, sensitive and gloriously entertaining' TASH AW, TLS
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The instant Sunday Times bestseller about how we live and love today in the UK - from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Brick Lane
'An utterly unputdownable exploration of modern love' Stylist Yasmin Ghorami has a lot to be grateful for: a loving family, a fledgling career in medicine and a charming, handsome fiancé, fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But now the moment she has been dreading has arrived: it is time for her family to meet Joe's firebrand feminist mother. As the two families are drawn closer together, long-held secrets, lies and betrayals unravel on both sides - and Yasmin is forced to ask herself what she really wants in a relationship and what a 'love marriage' actually means...'Wildly entertaining ... filled with people who are not just likeable, but loveable' Financial Times'The beating heart of this novel is the author's uncompromising scrutiny of the messy, heart-breaking, head-wrecking, brutal beauty of family dynamics' Irish Times'A glorious tapestry of modern British family life' Metro
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Absolutely terrific . . . genuinely touching . . . every one of its many characters, no matter how small their part, is beautifully rounded out
A glorious tapestry of modern British family life - MetroAn utterly unputdownable exploration of modern love - StylistGloriously readable, acute, funny and sympathetic - Daily MailA state-of-the-nation novel in the very best sense ... a terrific story delivered with a light touch - Harper s BazaarThe beating heart of this novel is the author's uncompromising scrutiny of the messy, heart-breaking, head-wrecking, brutal beauty of family dynamics - Irish TimesWildly entertaining ... filled with people who are not just likeable, but loveable - Financial TimesRich, sensitive and gloriously entertaining ... brims with extremely funny moments of excruciating social comedy - Times Literary SupplementBold, compassionate, big-hearted, pitch-perfectly written, and utterly unputdownable - Neel Mukherjee, Booker Prize shortlisted author of THE LIVES OF OTHERS
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780349015507
Publisert
2023
Utgiver
Vendor
Virago Press Ltd
Vekt
406 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
126 mm
Dybde
42 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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Monica Ali is a bestselling writer whose work has been translated into 26 languages. She is the author of five books: Brick Lane, Alentejo Blue, In the Kitchen, Untold Story and Love Marriage. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, in 2003 she was named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. She has been nominated for, amongst others, the Booker Prize, the George Orwell Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and in the U.S. has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives in London.