- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Black Swan; New edition edition (4 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1862300526
- ISBN-13: 978-1862300521
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 774,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Tania, Sunita and Chila have been close and somewhat unlikely friends since their schooldays. Sunita, a former law student and activist, married her university sweetheart Akash, and is settled, unsatisfied, into a life of overweight, underappreciated motherhood. Tania, top girl fighter at school, is a raven-maned beauty, who has rejected marriage and anything traditionally Asian, for a high-flying TV career and a compliant Indophile boyfriend called Martin. And then there's Chila. Innocent, kind, funny qualification-less Chila, with her glass animal collection, considered backward by her family, has just, to everyone's amazement, snared Deepak--the richest, most eligible bachelor within a 50-mile radius.
Writer, comedienne and actress Meera Syal, author of the prize-winningAnita and Me navigates her characters through the emotional rollercoaster of the coming-of-middle-youth--the time when the real growing up is done--with her trademark wit and sensitivity. From the bitching at the celebration--"Now the sister is howling. I'd howl if I had a moustache like hers ..." to the heavy embroidery and tears of a traditional Indian wedding, via the "artistic" wedding photos and "'about seventeen hours of video," Chila sighed, "all with Hindi love songs on them and those fancy Top of the Pops effects.'", through infidelity, TV documentaries and betrayal, Syal regales the reader with the strengths and limits of female friendship.
By the way, if you're pregnant and have set your heart on natural childbirth, avoid pages 72-3. Or else book that elective caesarean and cocktail of drugs. Now. --Lisa Gee
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A novel about friendship, marriage and betrayal set in a British Asian community background. It is written by the author of ANITA AND ME.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very funny ha ha,
By A Customer
This review is from: Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (Paperback)
I enjoyed this novel. I liked the fact that it's characters were my age (30 something) and seemed to face similar problems to my contemporaries (even though I may not be Asian). I found it hard to always believe that these women could necessarily be friends but the character observation and humour carried the novel through. This book has its very serious tragic side too but this adds to its power and success as a superb read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Fabulous!!!,
By Miss C J Matthews (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (Paperback)
I took this book on holiday and could not put it down!- A fabulous read that made me laugh, cry, swoon and swear within the delicately written pages. Meera has out done herself with this outstanding insight into the lives of three very different friends and the bond of time that holds them together. Well worth the read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Where not really like that, are we??,
By A Customer
This review is from: Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (Paperback)
I found this book illustrated the comical side of life as an asian girl in todays society. It was a good enjoyable read, i thoroughly enjoyed it, being an asian girly myself i really felt i could relate to the novel at times (though i must stress not at ALL times!).The friendship bond between the three characters i felt was portrayed well. Though i felt there was lack of emotion and loyalty between the three at times. When things where going wrong for one or the other they tended to opt for the easy route and avoided each other rather then helping each other through, as i am sure most friends would. Arguably this is what happens in the end, without giving too much of the plot away, however it was too little too late in my book! Still worth the read, i would recommend it to all the asian girls out there, and hey if your not asian, still read it, it's a laugh!
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