Amy 
women's fiction
Delightful and charming. A friend recommended it and the title was intriguing so I gave it a try. I’m so glad I did!
Nikki is a twenty-something-year-old woman of Indian descent living in London. She’s trying to gain her independence from her family’s expectations and is seeking her own path through life. She’s only partially successful when she stumbles upon a teaching opportunity at an Indian community center and decides to take advantage of it. Soon after meeting all the widows who have signed up for the class, she realizes that they are hoping to get something different out of the class than she had expected. Meanwhile, the story contains some romance, tragedy, and mystery along with lessons about Indian heritage and the Sikh religion. On the down side, the mystery felt a bit forced and clunky. Also, the interspersed erotic stories broke up the flow of the main story a bit more than I would have preferred. But it all worked out to fit together into a grand picture. I appreciated the (mostly) realistic characters and the insights.
If you want something different and uplifting, give Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows a read. I would like to read another novel by Balli Kaur Jaswal!
Nikki is a twenty-something-year-old woman of Indian descent living in London. She’s trying to gain her independence from her family’s expectations and is seeking her own path through life. She’s only partially successful when she stumbles upon a teaching opportunity at an Indian community center and decides to take advantage of it. Soon after meeting all the widows who have signed up for the class, she realizes that they are hoping to get something different out of the class than she had expected. Meanwhile, the story contains some romance, tragedy, and mystery along with lessons about Indian heritage and the Sikh religion. On the down side, the mystery felt a bit forced and clunky. Also, the interspersed erotic stories broke up the flow of the main story a bit more than I would have preferred. But it all worked out to fit together into a grand picture. I appreciated the (mostly) realistic characters and the insights.
If you want something different and uplifting, give Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows a read. I would like to read another novel by Balli Kaur Jaswal!
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