- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Monsoon Press (27 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755215001
- ISBN-13: 978-0755215003
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 419,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Maya Malik is a 28-year-old single lonely aging Asian girl who wants a gorgeous husband and a grand ostentatious wedding. For a professional Bengali, her biggest fear isn't being overlooked for promotion. It's the realisation that she has to find a husband from a diminishing stock of eligible bachelors that consists of mommy's boys, coconut go-getters, and bendhoo bicharas. To join the league of the married, Maya endures family introductions, blind dates, with Internet meetings in a journey that takes her from London to New York to Dhaka, and then back to London again. And when close friend Jhanghir Rahman announces his sudden wedding, Maya realises that with love, life and marriage, a girl can use old world traditions, and new world savvy to get exactly what she wants. The A-Z Guide to Arranged Marriages celebrates the realities of an age-old tradition for the new generation. From bastard bridegrooms, interfering auntijhis's to wedding weepers, follow Maya's charming roller coaster ride through singledom and the arranged marriage process. 'Simply Splendid, so read, laugh and relate. Simply Splendid.' - HBA
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My dad bought this book for me, he knows the author's father and so he gave me it to read.
I read this book on my journeys to and from university and I started to like it, it had quite a slow beginning but it gradually picked up pace and then slowed down a bit, the ending seemed drawn out and you pretty much know what's going to happen even from the start of the book but it was still an enjoyable read. The heroine, Maya Malik is likable but she starts to grate on your nerves after a while with her incessant rejection to all the men brought to her and her quest for true love whom she perceives to be with her best friend, Janghir. This book was a great read for me because of all the little things that the family did such as attempting to beat on their opponents with their sandals, for me that seemed just classic as I myself come from a Bangladeshi family and I actually recall an incident years ago where my father was ready to fight with a guy (who held a baseball bat) with his sandal. So I guess that brought back memories but it was also extremely funny, I found myself laughing out loud on the bus with 15 strangers staring at me as though I were a lunatic. Any book that can make me laugh out loud is definitly a book I would highly recommend.
I read this book on my journeys to and from university and I started to like it, it had quite a slow beginning but it gradually picked up pace and then slowed down a bit, the ending seemed drawn out and you pretty much know what's going to happen even from the start of the book but it was still an enjoyable read. The heroine, Maya Malik is likable but she starts to grate on your nerves after a while with her incessant rejection to all the men brought to her and her quest for true love whom she perceives to be with her best friend, Janghir. This book was a great read for me because of all the little things that the family did such as attempting to beat on their opponents with their sandals, for me that seemed just classic as I myself come from a Bangladeshi family and I actually recall an incident years ago where my father was ready to fight with a guy (who held a baseball bat) with his sandal. So I guess that brought back memories but it was also extremely funny, I found myself laughing out loud on the bus with 15 strangers staring at me as though I were a lunatic. Any book that can make me laugh out loud is definitly a book I would highly recommend.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a classic romantic comedy. What i found particularly charming about this book is that unlike other Brit Asian Lit the main character. Maya is not going through any clash of identities angst but the usual twentysomething blues. Passages such as the young women being glared at for gossiping about men in the mosque are not only funny but also portray women you can identify with; bubbly, stroppy, chocolate eating and wanting to be loved. Good Fun.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Maya is a charactoer most girls, whatever their background can relate to. Very funny! and enjoyed reading it over the holidays!
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A book full of laughter and entertainment, one not to be missed!!!!
A must have book for any comfort readers out there or those who appreciate sublime humour.
I originally read an extract from this book which I enjoyed, I had no reason but to... Read more
I originally read an extract from this book which I enjoyed, I had no reason but to... Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2009 by F. Ahmed
People don't bother
i found this book extremly boring and slow and at times unrealistic. of course there were parts i could relate to as a bengali and there were some semi funny bits, but not enough... Read more
Published on 2 April 2009 by K. Begum
Push past the first third and it's not that bad
I started reading this a while ago. I got through the first few chapters but had to drop it. I could no longer cope with the shallow, dim, label-obsessed one dimensional... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2009 by Miss Mughal
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