It was named a best book of the year by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Brick Lane: A Novel by Monica Ali at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many. Monica Ali’s Brick Lane was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. So, too, is the gulf in sexual experience between Yasmin and Joe.Īs the wedding day draws near, misunderstandings, infidelities, and long-held secrets upend both Yasmin’s relationship and that of her parents, a “love marriage,” according to the family lore that Yasmin has believed all her life.Ī gloriously acute observer of class, sexual mores, and the mysteries of the human heart, Monica Ali has written a captivating social comedy and a profoundly moving, revelatory story of two cultures, two families, and two people trying to understand one another. Yasmin Ghorami in twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-born father), and engaged to the charismatic, upper-class Joe Sangster, whose formidable mother, Harriet, is a famous feminist. Set in London now, Love Marriage marks the magnificent return of Monica Ali, the Booker Prize shortlisted, “splendid, daring, brilliant, refreshing” novelist ( The New Republic ) “with an inborn generosity that cannot be learned” ( The New York Times Book Review). Use Parm, miso, seaweed or mushrooms in place of the soy instead of black pepper for heat, try ginger or chile and use whatever green and leafy veg you like.
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