Love Marriage
Don't miss this heart-warming, funny and bestselling book club pick about what love really means
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF BRICK LANE
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' I defy you to put this book down' Adam Kay
'Absolutely terrific ... genuinely touching' Jenny Colgan
'Exquisitely written with big heartedness, intelligence and passion' Ruth Jones
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 ...
'An utterly unputdownable exploration of modern love' Stylist
'As engrossing and enjoyable as Brick Lane' Sunday Times
'A glorious tapestry of modern British family life' Metro
'Wildly entertaining ... a bold and generous book' Financial Times
'Rich, sensitive and gloriously entertaining' Tash Aw, Times Literary Supplement
'A surefire hit' Observer
'Big-hearted, wry and tender' Harper's Bazaar
'Gloriously readable, acute, funny and sympathetic' Daily Mail
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Booker-nominated Ali (Brick Lane) returns with the complex yet breezy account of a 26-year-old London medical student who questions whether she really wants to be a doctor or if she's merely carrying out her father's wishes. Yasmin Ghorami's family is Indian and Muslim, and she is engaged to white upper-class colleague Joe Sangster, whose mother, Harriet, is a famous feminist activist. As wedding planning commences with Harriet and Yasmin's mother, Anisah, at the helm, tensions rise between the couple, but it turns out religious and cultural differences are the least of the roadblocks. The delicate web of familial relationships and drama is held up by a vibrant supporting cast: Yasmin's underachieving brother and his girlfriend's unplanned pregnancy; Anisah's midlife awakening to her own power, and Yasmin's father's increasing alcohol use and isolation as he clings to his conservative religious beliefs. Everything leads toward the reveal of a dark secret held by the Ghoramis that threatens to undermine the engagement. The characters' brisk discussions on politics, culture, and race skate over ideological divides, the substance of which emerges in dramatic irony and creates a textured portrayal of an immigrant family. This is sure to please Ali's fans and win some new ones.
