Anita Rani

Baby is 36, she's got her own flat, independence and a job she used to love. However in the eyes of her extended family Baby needs a husband and children. Discovering a cache of letters held by her grandma Baby decides that she needs to escape to 'find herself' and so visits her homeland of India. What she finds is more than she could ever imagine.
The start of this book is pure froth, albeit froth with a British Asian twist, and it's lightweight fun. The fun never leaves but the book has a lot more substance that I thought it would have. By addressing the reasons why so many Punjabis left India/Pakistan during Partition, Rani has opened up a sad story which also looks into prejudice on religious and caste grounds, not just about race. For that reason I really liked this book as the froth will draw in the casual reader but the meat on the bones makes it memorable.… (más)