What is Bitter Sweets about?

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.

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Bitter Sweets features in the following genres: Family Drama, Debut Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories

What formats is Bitter Sweets available in?

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Who wrote Bitter Sweets?

Bitter Sweets was written by Roopa Farooki and published by Pan Macmillan

Bitter Sweets

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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
Recommendations:	Debut Books of the Month eBooks of the Month

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Bitter Sweets Synopsis

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.

As Ricky and Henna uneasily tolerate their loveless marriage of convenience, the way is paved for a future of double-lives and complicit deception â€“ an unspoken family tradition that is inherited by their daughter Shona, who elopes with her secret love to live above a subcontinental sweetshop in 1980s South London.

But two decades later, with her own children grown, it is Shona who is forced to discover unpalatable truths about her loved ones, and come to terms with the lies which superficially hold the three generations of her family together . . . and which are really keeping them apart.

About This Edition

ISBN:	9781405089289
Publication date:	2nd February 2007
Author:	Roopa Farooki
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Format:	Hardback
Primary Genre	Family Drama
Other Genres:	Romance / Relationship Stories
Recommendations:	Debut Books of the Month eBooks of the Month