Smita recommended this book on my review of the Author’s first book.
Varun, lives a ordered, boring, not-so-happily married life with his wife Gayatri and teenaged son. While everything looks fine on the surface, there is unhappiness and dissatisfaction simmering under the surface. They are NRIs who have recently recently relocated to Gurgaon. Varun appears to have settled in well, while Gayatri is finding it far more difficult to take to the place and the way of things.
Living in a luxury condominium, they are living an life of luxury, but of unease.In the midst of all this, Varun falls in love with Sweety, a young mother of twins living a dream life of her own. Having recently shifted out of her joint family, Sweety is savouring the joys of nuclear living.
A disturbing as well as quite a possible scenario. The way the story unfolds is quite nicely handled, without making it sleazy or cheap. The frustrations and the challenges that each of them face is nicely brought out. The illict relationship has been handled with sensitivity. And all the characters feel real.
I especially liked the descriptions of life in the luxury condos of Gurgoan – quite relate-able to life in most new parts of urban cities, where sudden development sees luxury and poverty living side by side. Gayatri was the character who appealed the most to me. She was real, she was not perfect, but she was doing the best she could do. I liked the ending as well. It was a realistic ending.
A quick read, a page turner, something which will definitely not bore you.
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Sounds interesting!
The story has been done to death before, but your review indicates that the author’s treatment of the story makes all the difference here. 🙂
Yes, absolutely.
Interesting!!
Finding Indian Authors at the libraies here have been a challenge, let me see if I can get this book
I know, I had the same problem in the UK 🙂
I read this recently. Found parts of it slightly predictable, but the sensitivity was definitely admirable. And I liked the ending too.
Yes, it was predictable in places.. but I liked the way she handled the story, overall.
I saw this at bookstore and put it back after reading cover note thinking it would be routine run the mill book but from your review it seems interesting..And its based out of my city too..will pickit up soon !!
I wouldn’t have picked it up, had not been for Smita’s reco. It looked too predictable to me too! How have you been, Rashmi? Long time!
Doing perfectly fine 🙂 settled with lil one and back to bloging now 🙂 Reading all you old reviews to get more recommendations 🙂
🙂 Having fun, I guess 🙂 We need to see some pics of the lil one 🙂
It will be on FB soon 🙂
Glad you liked it…the main thing that I had liked about the book was the treatment and the way it ended.
It was a realistic ending, wasn’t it? That’s exactly what I liked about the book too.
Yes very and also the illict relationship was kept within boundaries otherwise we have seen authors going overboard!!!
Oh yeah! That happens so much!
Very interesting. Need to definitely get my hands on this one.
Especially since you say they have stopped from making it go sleazy or overboard.
Yes, and I want to know how you find it!
Have picked this off the shelf in the library several times and kept it back. Now need to bring it home, I guess 🙂