Bitter Sweets

LoveReading Says

This is a brilliant first novel; perceptive, colourful and a joy to read.  Ricky Karim, a wealthy Bengali,  discovers on his wedding night that he has been duped into an arranged marriage with a girl he does not love or respect.  Their daughter, Shona, brought up in a household where double lives and deceit are the norm, elopes to London with her lover Parvez and without realising what she is doing, also embarks on a life full of deception.  It is not until her own two dearly loved sons come to different crisis points in their lives that she realises that she must face up to the truth about her family and the way they conduct their relationships.  Roopa Farooki paints a vivid picture of the Anglo-asian family in London.  Her characters live and breathe with you and you need to discover what happens to them all.  A really engrossing read!

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About Bitter Sweets

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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Primary Genre	Family Drama
Other Genres:	Romance / Relationship Stories
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