Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: A Reese's Book Club Pick

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Product Details

Price
$16.99  $15.80
Publisher
William Morrow & Company
Publish Date
Pages
320
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.9 X 1.0 inches | 0.55 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780062645111

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About the Author

Balli Kaur Jaswal is the author of five novels, including Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows which was a Reese Witherspoon's Book Club pick in 2018. Born in Singapore and raised in Japan, Russia and the Philippines, Jaswal studied creative writing at Hollins University in Virginia and worked as an English teacher in Australia and Turkey. She has held fellowships at the University of East Anglia and Nanyang Technological University, where she also completed her PhD in South Asian diaspora writing. Jaswal's non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times, Harper's Bazaar India, Refinery29 and Salon.com, among other publications.

Reviews

"Jaswal tackles serious themes (arranged vs forced marriage, traditional vs modern culture) with a light and funny touvh. A page-turner your commute will thank you for." -- Glamour Magazine

"By turns erotic, romantic, and mysterious, this novel of women defying patriarchial strictures enchants." -- Kirkus Reviews

"A page-turner your commute will thank you for. Tackles serious themes with a light and funny touch." -- Glamour (UK)

"Warm and hilariously funny." -- Good Housekeeping (UK)

"Heady stuff ... a funny and moving tale of desire and its discontents." -- The Economist

"Charming ... This is a sparkling read." -- Publishers Weekly

"I loved this novel--it's so big-hearted and earthy and funny. Best of all, it turns many preconceptions upside down, and opens up a world that so many of us have only glimpsed. A rattlingly good story." -- Deborah Moggach, author of THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL