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The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters de Balli Kaur Jaswal

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

Autor Balli Kaur Jaswal
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mai 2020
A warm and laugh-out-loud funny novel from the author of "Erotic Stories For Punjabi Widows", in which three British-born Punjabi sisters who have never been close embark on a pilgrimage across India to carry out their mother's final rites.
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ISBN-13: 9780008209964
ISBN-10: 0008209960
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 127 x 191 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Descriere

Full of warmth and laugh-out-loud funny, the new novel from the author of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Sometimes you need to leave home to discover your roots... Sometimes you have to leave home to find your roots... British-Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina Shergill have never been close but when their mother dies, she has only one request: that they take a pilgrimage across India to carry out her final rites.

While an extended family holiday is the last thing they want, each sister has her own reasons to run away from her life. Rajni feels out of control for the first time; Jezmeen's career is on the skids after a viral incident; and Shirina's perfect life is starting to crumble. As the miles rack up on their jaunt across India, the secrets of the past and present are sure to spill out...

Textul de pe ultima copertă

The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows her acclaimed American debut with this witty, life-affirming family drama—an Indian This Is Where I Leave You—about three Punjabi sisters embarking on a pilgrimage to their homeland to lay their mother to rest
The British-born Shergill sisters—Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirina—barely got along growing up, and as adults have grown even further apart. But on her deathbed, their mother voices one last wish: that her daughters will make a pilgrimage together to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to carry out her final rites. After a trip to India with her mother as a teenager, school principal Rajni vowed never to return. But she’s always been a dutiful daughter, and cannot, even now, refuse her mother’s request. Struggling actress Jezmeen leaps at the chance to drop out of sight—unbeknownst to her sisters, she’s escaping the wrong kind of internet fame. Baby of the family Shirina’s wealthy in-laws are pushing her to make a pivotal decision; time away will help her decide whether she will obey, or stand up for herself.
By turns funny, heartfelt, pointed, and wonderfully insightful, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters illuminates the bonds of family, sisterhood, and heritage that give us wings—and roots—despite our differences.

Recenzii

“A playful yet profound novel [that] moves easily from heartfelt to humorous…what may seem to be a singular story about first-generation London-bred Punjabi women evolves into a story universal to us all.” — USA Today
“An absolute delight…sad, joyful, and exciting all at the same time.” — Bookpage (starred review)

Notă biografică

The daughter of a diplomat, Balli Kaur Jaswal was born in Singapore and grew up in Japan, Russia, and the Philippines. She received a BA in Creative Writing from Hollins University in Virginia and a PhD from Singapore's Nanyang Technical University. Her essays and op-eds about diaspora, censorship, racism, and sexuality have appeared in the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, The South China Morning Post, Harper's Bazaar, and Salon.com. She lives with her family in Singapore, where she is a professor at Yale-NUS.