Between the pressures to marry and become a traditional Indian wife and the humiliation of losing her job in Silicon Valley, Devi is on the edge—where the only way out seems to jump...

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Thank you so much sakirmo, for the book, which arrived today. I had a quick glance through and it certainly looks like a fun read. Looking forward to it :)

I really enjoyed this novel about Devi and her family and their life in California. A bit like reading a soap opera with all it's twists and turns, but with well drawn characters.

On the morning Devi decides to take her life, fate conspires against her. Fate in the form of her mother Saroj, who uses her spare key to let herself into her youngest daughter's apartment when she thinks she's at work.

But, having lost yet another job, and knowing she will never live up to the example her elder sister set as a traditional Indian wife, Devi had decided to take the easy way out. But now it seems she can add suicide to her list of failings.

But whilst Saroj insists on telling the world that it was she who saved her daughters life, Devi isn't sure what she's been saved for. Forced to move back in with her parents until she is strong enough to resume her life, she adopts a vow of silence. Instead, she begins to cook. Wild, crazy concoctions that are so delicious the family is drawn again and again to the table. As Devi's silence grows, so does her family's bewilderment at her behaviour. Tension builds and others begin to talk. And secrets are revealed that rock the family to the core....

Sending to the winner of a sweep :)
Happy reading!

How exciting, I am the winner of the Books, Chocolate & Tea Sweepstake!

Thank you for this book, I know I will love it!

I have released this book in the book swap shelf at Highbury and Islington station.