{"product_id":"love-marriage-9781982181482","title":"Love Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2022 So Far by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Cultural clashes, political satire, Oedipal conflicts, elegant prose--they're all here in this romp of a book.\" \u003ci\u003e--Oprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Phenomenal Book Club Pick and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Group Text Selection, \u003ci\u003eLove Marriage \u003c\/i\u003eis a glorious moving novel from Booker Prize shortlisted Monica Ali, who has \"an inborn generosity that cannot be learned\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn present-day London, Yasmin Ghorami is twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-born father), and engaged to the charismatic, upper-class Joe Sangster, whose formidable mother, Harriet, is a famous feminist. The gulf between families is vast. So, too, is the gulf in sexual experience between Yasmin and Joe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the wedding day draws near, misunderstandings, infidelities, and long-held secrets upend both Yasmin's relationship and that of her parents, a \"love marriage,\" according to the family lore that Yasmin has believed all her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gloriously acute observer of class, sexual mores, and the mysteries of the human heart, Monica Ali has written a \"riveting\" (\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) social comedy and a moving, revelatory story of two cultures, two families, and two people trying to understand one another that's \"sure to please Ali's fans and win some new ones\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonica Ali was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and grew up in England. She was named one of the 20 best young British novelists under 40 by \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of four previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eUntold Story \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBrick Lane\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Guardian Book Prize, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was named a winner of the 2003 Discover Award for Fiction and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice Book that same year. She lives in London with her husband and two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50706037342482,"sku":"9781982181482","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a4607fd2-605d-4fda-b7b1-9339e26a5a3e.jpg?v=1734489242","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-marriage-9781982181482","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}