I Wish We Weren't Related
A hilarious novel about who we become when we go back to our family home
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- 35,00 kr
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- 35,00 kr
Publisher Description
FOURTEEN DAYS, THREE SISTERS AND THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
'Radhika has the ability to create characters who make us laugh while pulling on our heartstrings. This book is a joy' Jane Fallon
'A heartwarming novel' Sheila O'Flanagan
'Whip-smart, laugh out loud hilarious, and has so much heart' Beth Reekles
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Reeva Mehta is thriving. Consumed in her career as one of London's top divorce lawyers, she doesn't bat an eyelid when her mum calls to tell her that her dad is dead. Because he's been dead since she was five . . . hasn't he?
If finding out her dad was alive - until last week - wasn't bad enough, his last request was for his daughters to spend fourteen days in mourning at his house. Which means Reeva must spend a fortnight stuck with the people who betrayed her when she needed them the most - her sisters.
Navigating her absent Bollywood megastar mother, newly dead father and scheming sisters with only a temperamental boyfriend - and even more temperamental cat - by her side, it's no wonder Reeva's hair is falling out. Could confronting the truth help the Mehtas put aside their differences, or will attending a funeral be the death of this family?
A fresh, funny and oh-so-relatable novel about trying to be the grown up when your magnificently messy family seems set to sabotage everything. Get ready to laugh, cry and fall in love with this addictive read.
'Hilariously funny, totally heartfelt and completely original' Laura Price
'I absolutely loved it! It was like a glorious warm hug of a book!' Harriet Minter
'Such a gorgeous read' Poorna Bell
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In the acerbic latest from Sanghani (Things I Love About Myself), a 30-something London woman is pulled reluctantly into family drama. When Reeva Metha finds out her father's dying wish was for her and her two sisters to reunite to perform the Hindu prayers for him, she's shocked to learn he'd only recently died. Her Bollywood singer mother, Saraswati, had told the girls their father died when Reeva was five. Now Reeva must spend two weeks in her dead dad's house in Leicester with her sisters: Jaya, a lifestyle influencer who ran off with Reeva's boyfriend of nine years; and Sita, the perfect wife to Nitin and mother to twin girls. While Reeva's life looks solid on paper—she's killing it as a divorce lawyer and dating music agent Nick—she holds resentment against both sisters and her mother. To make matters worse, she's started to lose her hair from the stress of spending time with Nick and keeping up a cool facade, afraid he won't like her if she reveals her true self. As the sisters try to piece together why their parents lied to them, Reeva must decide if she'll hold onto her resentments or let them go. While some of the plot turns rely on the family members jumping to far-fetched conclusions, the characters feel genuine and Sanghani keeps Reeva's narration fresh by showing how she thinks as a lawyer to get out of sticky situations. This is great fun.
