The Village Bride of Beverly Hills: A Novel
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From the back cover:
After an arranged marriage in her native India, Priya moves with her husband to California, where they share a house with his parents. Playing the traditionanl daughter-in-law role, she's expected to clean, cook, and -- because she doesn't immediately get pregnant -- find a job as well.
But the job, at a glossy Hollywood gossip magazine, isn't at all what Priya's in-laws had in mind for a traditional wife. She soon finds herself with a secret life that she must hide from her disapproving new family.
All the while, she is growing into a marriage with a man whose loyalty is decidedly torn between his parents and his bride. This is hardly surprising, given that he met his wife only a week before their wedding. The question is, can this fragile new love survive the pull between tradition and ambition?
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This book started out with great promise: a book from the Indian standpoint without too many Indian Englishisms that usually leave me shaking my head in wonder. Enough was kept for atmosphere but t he rythmn was definitely readable English. Started out as an amazingly fresh viewpoint...
and then...
it became a VERY predictable and typical piece of chick lit. What a disappointment! Too bad the author didn't focus on her writing more and the formula less.
After an arranged marriage in her native India, Priya moves with her husband to California, where they share a house with his parents. Playing the traditionanl daughter-in-law role, she's expected to clean, cook, and -- because she doesn't immediately get pregnant -- find a job as well.
But the job, at a glossy Hollywood gossip magazine, isn't at all what Priya's in-laws had in mind for a traditional wife. She soon finds herself with a secret life that she must hide from her disapproving new family.
All the while, she is growing into a marriage with a man whose loyalty is decidedly torn between his parents and his bride. This is hardly surprising, given that he met his wife only a week before their wedding. The question is, can this fragile new love survive the pull between tradition and ambition?
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This book started out with great promise: a book from the Indian standpoint without too many Indian Englishisms that usually leave me shaking my head in wonder. Enough was kept for atmosphere but t he rythmn was definitely readable English. Started out as an amazingly fresh viewpoint...
and then...
it became a VERY predictable and typical piece of chick lit. What a disappointment! Too bad the author didn't focus on her writing more and the formula less.
