Love Marriage

Monica Ali

From Shelf: Book of the Year - Fiction.

The instant Sunday Times bestseller about how we live and love today in the UK - from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Brick Lane

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKAS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME, READ BY MEERA SYAL A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, DAILY MAIL, RED MAGAZINE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Absolutely terrific' JENNY COLGAN'An utterly unputdownable exploration of modern love' STYLIST'Gloriously readable, acute, funny and sympathetic' DAILY MAIL------------------------------------------------------------TWO CULTURES. TWO FAMILIES. TWO PEOPLE. Yasmin Ghorami has a lot to be grateful for: a loving family, a fledgling career in medicine, and a charming, handsome fiancee, fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But as the wedding day draws closer and Yasmin's parents get to know Joe's firebrand feminist mother, both families must confront the unravelling of long-held secrets, lies and betrayals.As Yasmin dismantles her own assumptions about the people she holds most dear, she's also forced to ask herself what she really wants in a relationship and what a 'love marriage' actually means.'A glorious tapestry of modern British family life' METRO'A joy' NAOISE DOLAN'I defy you to put this book down' ADAM KAY'A surefire hit' OBSERVER'Wildly entertaining ... a bold and generous book' FINANCIAL TIMES'Big-hearted, wry and tender' HARPER'S BAZAAR'As engrossing and enjoyable as Brick Lane' SUNDAY TIMES'Rich, sensitive and gloriously entertaining' TASH AW, TLS