The story of a Bangladeshi family who all seem to lie to each other. The culture differences are lightly handled with a few eye-openers to startle one, the deceptions are huge and the whole thing bubbles with humour. It’s a charming read, perhaps a little difficult to enter, but give it a few chapters and then get swept away.
Comparison: Preethi Nair, Priya Basil (Ishq and Mushq), Vikas Swarup (Q & A).
In 1950s Bengal, Henna Rub, a precocious, wayward teenager, brings off a brilliant marriage to a wealthy romantic, Ricky Karim, trapping him with a web of lies that she has spun with her wheeler-dealer father.
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In 1950s Bengal, Henna Rub, a precocious, wayward teenager, brings off a brilliant marriage to a wealthy romantic, Ricky Karim, trapping him with a web of lies that she has spun with her wheeler-dealer father. And so on his wedding night, believing himself married to an educated, sonnet-reading, tennis-playing soul mate, Ricky is horrified to discover that his new bride is in fact a lazy, illiterate, shopkeeper's daughter.
Bitter Sweets features in the following genres: Family Drama, Debut Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories
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Bitter Sweets was written by Roopa Farooki and published by Pan Macmillan
