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With this spellbinding first novel about the destructive lies three immigrant generations of a Pakistani/Bangladeshi family tell each other, Roopa Farooki adds a fresh new voice to the company of Zadie Smith, Jhumpa Lahiri and Arudhati Roy. Henna Rub is a precocious teenager whose wheeler-dealer father never misses a business opportunity and whose sumptuous Calcutta marriage to wealthy romantic Ricky-Rashid Karim is achieved by an audacious network of lies. Ricky will learn the truth about his seductive bride, but the way is already paved for a future of double lives and deception-family traits that will filter naturally through the generations, forming an instinctive and unspoken tradition. Even as a child, their daughter Shona, herself conceived on a lie and born in a liar's house, finds telling fibs as easy as A.B.C. . But years later, living above a sweatshop in South London's Tooting Bec, it is Shona who is forced to discover unspeakable truths about her loved ones and come to terms with what superficially holds her family together-and also keeps them apart-across geographical, emotional and cultural distance. Roopa Farooki has crafted an intelligent, engrossing and emotionally powerful Indian family saga that will stay with you long after you've read the last page.
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"Roopa Farooki's delicious debut novel...is a candy apple of a book, an alluring confection that is substantial and healthful at its heart....This book...is simply, shrewdly sweet." --More magazine
"Farooki pulls off a lightly spun epic tale with effortless charm and more than enough delightful twists to keep pages turning. Even the characters' most unexpected and disastrous choices seem somehow inevitable, and one is quickly resigned to rooting for the wily woman at the center." --Publishers Weekly
"[A] confident, heavily themed but lightweight romantic comedy." --Kirkus
"[A] delightful debut novel....With this work Farooki joins the rapidly growing ranks of talented South Asian writers writing in English." --Library Journal
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0312382065
- ISBN 13 9780312382063
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. First American Edition. Advance Reader's Edition. 'This sparkling, fresh debut follows three generations of a family caught up in the web of their own deceit. When scholarly Rashid weds beautiful Henna, he is surprised on their wedding night to learn she's not an accomplished 17-year-old but rather a lazy, illiterate 14-year-old who opted for marriage over education. He waits several years to consummate the union, then Henna gives birth to Shona, who quickly learns her parents' language of deception. Shona elopes with handsome Parvez and moves to London. At the same time, Rashid finds himself traveling to the same city on business, and when he meets Verity, a shy English woman in her late thirties, he sees a chance for the happiness that he's never found with Hennaeven if it means weaving an intricate tangle of lies. Rashid, Henna, and Shona continue to deceive each other and their families for the next two decades, until Shona faces a midlife crisis that makes her question whether deceit really is the best policy. Farooki's vibrant characters leap off the page and straight into the imagination in this clever and intricate novel.' {Kristine Huntley, Booklist starred review}, New ARC in pictorial wraps. L106. Seller Inventory # 11991
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. First Edition. Nominated for the Orange PrizeWith this spellbinding first novel about the destructive lies three immigrant generations of a PakistaniBangladeshi family tell each other Roopa Farooki adds a fresh new voice to the company of Zadie Smith Jhumpa Lahiri and Arudhati RoyHenna Rub is a precocious teenager whose wheelerdealer father never misses a business opportunity and whose sumptuous Calcutta marriage to wealthy romantic RickyRashid Karim is achieved by an audacious network of lies Ricky will learn the truth about his seductive bride but the way is already paved for a future of double lives and deceptionfamily traits that will filter naturally through the generations forming an instinctive and unspoken traditionEven as a child their daughter Shona herself conceived on a lie and born in a liars house finds telling fibs as easy as ABC But years later living above a sweatshop in South Londons Tooting Bec it is Shona who is forced to discover unspeakable truths about her loved ones and come to terms with what superficially holds her family togetherand also keeps them apartacross geographical emotional and cultural distanceRoopa Farooki has crafted an intelligent engrossing and emotionally powerful Indian family saga that will stay with you long after youve read the last page. Seller Inventory # DADAX0312382065
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