
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
You're invited to The Wedding, an electrifying novel about the joining of two South Asian families, and the secrets, resentments, and unspoken truths boiling just beneath the surface.
Interweaving themes of identity, culture clashes, and the immigrant experience as found in The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri with the exuberance and sharp humour of Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians, Gurjinder Basran delivers a wide-ranging but intimate portrait of a vibrant, complex Sikh community.
Set in Vancouver and Surrey, BC, The Wedding exposes the inner lives of the wedding party, guests and event staff, in the lead-up to a lavish wedding. This novel, centered around the impending marriage of Devi and Baby, illustrates the union of two people, two families and all the ways in which an entire community bears witness, ensnares and uplifts itself.
Like all great Bollywood films, The Wedding is rife with family drama, steeped in tradition and an ode to love in all its forms. With humour, nuance and honesty, The Wedding spills the chai—exploring desire and expectation, suffering and judgment, class and race—all in search of a happy enough ever after.
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Table of contents
- Half Title Page
- Other novels by Gurjinder Basran
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication & Epigraph
- Table of Contents
- Characters
- You’re Invited!
- Vadayaan
- Dear Auntie
- Basic Baby
- No Thru Road
- Ready for This Jelly?
- Best Laid Plans
- Mottu
- Just the Best of Us
- How I Wonder Who You Are
- A Gaggle, a Mischief, a Murder
- Love Languages
- Lucky, Lucky Boy
- You Indians Are Everywhere
- A Good Family
- The Brampton Bride’s Advice
- Cold Feet
- God Willing
- Izzat
- The Morning After
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author