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Shobhan Bantwal

Autore di The Sari Shop Widow

8 opere 641 membri 52 recensioni

Opere di Shobhan Bantwal

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
about 1950
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
India
Luogo di nascita
Belgaum, India
Luogo di residenza
New Jersey, USA

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This book started out great. Soorya is a young, traditional Indian woman from NJ who is at the age where most of her friends are settling down. In the American tradition, she would probably join Match.com and go out on more dates, but in Soorya's family, couples are set up based on ancient tradition. The book open as Soorya is having a "bride viewing" with a young man from another reputable Indian Family. The book follows them as they get to know each other, but a wrench is thrown in when Soorya becomes attracted to a fellow attorney- who happens to be the wrong religion, and the wrong race ( not to mention a widow). I really enjoyed Soorya for the first 2/3 of the book. Then she became whiny and a annoying. I also kept hoping for something more with Lou- I just didn't like Rajesh and he didn't seem like a good match for Soorya. It just seemed so out there.

The first part of the book is great. I loved the cultural insights, but toward the end , it just lost steam to me.
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sunshine608 | 6 altre recensioni | Feb 2, 2021 |
The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal revolves around the issue of gender selective abortions. This is a practise that, although illegal, is not uncommon in India, where tradition and culture favors the birth of a male heir. In this story, pregnant with their second girl child, Nikhil and Isha are offered an abortion. They are incensed that the doctor, and Nikhil’s parents think this is an acceptable choice yet while Isha simply changes doctors, her husband gathers evidence against the abortionist but before he can go to the police he is murdered. We then follow Isha as she leaves her in-laws home and tries to make a life for herself and her children.

This is an excellent story that draws the reader into the life of this young mother as she tries to build a new life for herself and her daughters. She is helped along the way by a caring sister-in-law who goes against her parents wishes to help her and by a young doctor who becomes involved with the small family and grows to love them.

Set in contemporary India, the book becomes equal parts of a family drama and a murder mystery. With it’s poignant story line, well developed characters and intriguing setting, Forbidden Daughter is well worth a read.
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DeltaQueen50 | 9 altre recensioni | Feb 15, 2020 |
A dead serious subject becomes fodder for a romance novel. Although the author conceivably intended to draw attention to the outlawed (but still performed) savage murders of young Indian women whose families commit to paying the groom's family to "take their daughter", the cliched characters of Megha (gorgeous, of course) and Kiran (strong handsome hero), deflect from the tragedy of this misogynistic practice.
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froxgirl | 5 altre recensioni | Jul 29, 2019 |
prévisible, donné
 
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Danielec | 7 altre recensioni | May 2, 2017 |

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Statistiche

Opere
8
Utenti
641
Popolarità
#39,339
Voto
½ 3.4
Recensioni
52
ISBN
24

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