Destination Wedding
Shortlisted for the 2021 Comedy Women in Print Prize
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***SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE 2021***
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND THE NEW YORK POST
'Extremely obsessed with this book' CHRISSY TEIGEN
'A riveting summer read' Entertainment Weekly
'Perfect ... Witty and romantic' TERRY McMILLAN
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Tina wants to feel Indian. Really Indian. Not Indian in the sense of going to yoga in Brooklyn. She wants to know the real India – only whenever she visits, people take her to bars and restaurants and boutiques that could be anywhere in the world.
So she jumps at the change to get to know the country when she heads to Delhi for her glamorous cousin Shefali's week-long wedding, with her best friend, her parents and her mother's all-American boyfriend in tow. Navigating a world of Delhi playboys, models, dating agencies for widows, and wedding guests with personal bodyguards, Tina is determined to have an authentic Indian experience. Now if only someone would tell her what that was...
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READERS LOVE DESTINATION WEDDING:
'So funny and entertaining! I loved it from page one'
'A book for all seasons, Destination Wedding will have you laughing till your sides hurt and you can laugh no more'
'The author is a great storyteller and writes beautifully'
'Fast, engaging, intriguing, entertaining'
'This was an incredible read'
'Charming, witty and full of heart'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Basu (Windfall) takes a humorous look at an Indian American family's trip to the subcontinent in this charming, soul-searching tale. Brooklynite Tina Das, bored with her job seeking content for a streaming network, flies to India with her friend Marianne, Tina's divorced parents, and Tina's mother's boyfriend, David, for a wedding. Tina's father has engaged the services of a matchmaker in India and is hoping to meet someone there, while Tina, having recently broken up with her boyfriend, is determined to find an Indian man to marry. While Tina's parents try to enliven their lives with new loves, Tina picks up with Rocco Gallagher, an Englishman living in India whom she had briefly dated in London a year ago. While exploring a relationship with Rocco and the possibility of moving to India to be closer to him, Tina gains newfound enthusiasm for her job after she gets the idea for a documentary on Indian weddings, starring her cousin's wedding planner. While the shifts in point of view between Tina, each of her parents, and Marianne can be confusing, Basu is a capable plotter and creates vibrant set pieces, such as the elaborate wedding. From Brooklyn to New Delhi, Basu never ceases to entertain.
