- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Discovery (Feb 24 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553592343
- ISBN-13: 978-0553592344
- Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 2 x 17.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 141 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,533,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“The internationally trendy fiction genre...popularized by Bridget Jones’s Diary and Sex and the City, now has an Indian avatar.” —Washington Post
“Endearing and charming...Just the sort of book that could make a tiresome journey bearable.” —Statesman (India)
“Bridget Jones dons a sari....A new publishing phenomenon.” —Independent, UK
“Endearing and charming...Just the sort of book that could make a tiresome journey bearable.” —Statesman (India)
“Bridget Jones dons a sari....A new publishing phenomenon.” —Independent, UK
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In a city where old is meeting new, daughters are surprising mothers, and love is breaking all the rules, this heartfelt and wickedly funny cross-cultural debut novel introduces a young woman searching for independence and matrimony in a culture bound by tradition.
Between elegant soirees and the occasional mortifying mishap, Aisha Bhatia’s job as guest relations manager at New Delhi’s five-star Grand Orchid Hotel is intermittently fabulous—she certainly knows her wines and cheeses. But despite a life filled with good friends and first-class travel accommodations, the fact is that not many twenty-nine-year-old women in India are single—as Aisha’s mother never fails to remind her. Somewhere a clock is ticking, though as far as Aisha is concerned, it can be cheerfully drowned out by laughter over a champagne brunch. Yet when the handsomely chiseled Karan Verma arrives from New York, Aisha experiences an unexpected attitude adjustment. Karan is everything she’s ever wanted…that is, if she actually knew what she wanted. Is it possible that she’s about to find out?
Between elegant soirees and the occasional mortifying mishap, Aisha Bhatia’s job as guest relations manager at New Delhi’s five-star Grand Orchid Hotel is intermittently fabulous—she certainly knows her wines and cheeses. But despite a life filled with good friends and first-class travel accommodations, the fact is that not many twenty-nine-year-old women in India are single—as Aisha’s mother never fails to remind her. Somewhere a clock is ticking, though as far as Aisha is concerned, it can be cheerfully drowned out by laughter over a champagne brunch. Yet when the handsomely chiseled Karan Verma arrives from New York, Aisha experiences an unexpected attitude adjustment. Karan is everything she’s ever wanted…that is, if she actually knew what she wanted. Is it possible that she’s about to find out?
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2.6 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Lousy read, Jun 27 2009
By Megs - Published on Amazon.com
I picked up this book, as a light chick lit read, with no expectations but to be entertained. However, this book fails on that front as well.Bad writing. Unreal. Dumb.
I am not a fan of chick lit, but this book held some promise since the setting was India. I have been a young professional woman working in Mumbai, and yet I could not identify with the settings at all. The dialogue does not belong to yuppie Delhi at all.
The author tries to attempt to create an Indian Bridget Jones, and she fails miserably since she seems to have no clever wit, the kind that makes you chuckle to yoursef. Don't bother with this one- Rereading the original Bridget Jones will be more satisfying.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Call a spade a spade, Mar 21 2009
By SG - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Almost Single (Paperback)
If you are looking for a deep and introspective book - this is not it. This is a fun and shallow book that could be about a girl looking for a man anywhere. It was a quick light read. Kind of like when you're surfing the channels and see Millionaire Matchmaker, you may stop and see it. But it's not on your TIVO schedule.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Avoidable, Dec 6 2009
By Canada-reviewer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Almost Single (Paperback)
Little to like, and even less to laugh about in this story of a shallow, materialistic heroine who meets a uni-dimensional (rich) hero. The novelty of the Indian setting is little compensation for the banal prose and plot.
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