{"product_id":"9780062645128","title":"Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Balli Kaur Jaswal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReese Witherspoon’s Book Club Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages—a spicy and alluring mix of \u003cem\u003eTogether Tea\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCalendar Girls.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery woman has a secret life . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she’s spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father’s death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a \"creative writing\" course at the community center in the beating heart of London’s close-knit Punjabi community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected—and exciting—kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community’s \"moral police.\" But when the widows’ gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife—a modern woman like Nikki—and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Jaswal tackles serious themes (arranged vs forced marriage, traditional vs modern culture) with a light and funny touvh. A page-turner your commute will thank you for.”\u003cbr\u003e“By turns erotic, romantic, and mysterious, this novel of women defying patriarchial strictures enchants.”\u003cbr\u003e“A page-turner your commute will thank you for. Tackles serious themes with a light and funny touch.”\u003cbr\u003e“Warm and hilariously funny.”\u003cbr\u003e“Heady stuff ... a funny and moving tale of desire and its discontents.”\u003cbr\u003e“Charming ... This is a sparkling read.”\u003cbr\u003e“I loved this novel—it’s so big-hearted and earthy and funny. Best of all, it turns many preconceptions upside down, and opens up a world that so many of us have only glimpsed. A rattlingly good story.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062645128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":41111683367118,"sku":"9780062645128","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062645128.jpg?v=1649736687","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062645128","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}