Erotic stories for Punjabi widows

Title:

Erotic stories for Punjabi widows

Author:

Jaswal, Balli Kaur, author.

Personal Author:

Jaswal, Balli Kaur, author.

ISBN:

9780062645128

9780062645111

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

298 pages ; 24 cm

Series:

Hello Sunshine Book Club

Hello Sunshine Book Club.

General Note:

"A novel"--Jacket.

Abstract:

Nikki has spent most of her life distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community. After her father's death she takes a job teaching a creative writing course in the heart of the Punjabi community. When one of the women students brings a book of erotica to class, Nicki use it as the basis for helping these modest women unleash creativity by telling their own stories.

Subject Term:

Panjabis (South Asian people) -- Fiction.

Families -- England -- London -- Fiction.

Multiculturalism -- Fiction.

Families -- England -- Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Fiction -- Asian American.

Fiction -- Contemporary Women.

Families.

Panjabis (South Asian people)

Fiction.

Humorous fiction.

Erotic fiction.

Geographic Term:

London (England) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Summary:

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Summary

Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick

A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages--a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.

Every woman has a secret life . . .

Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she's spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father's death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a "creative writing" course at the community center in the beating heart of London's close-knit Punjabi community.

Because of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected--and exciting--kind.

As more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community's "moral police." But when the widows' gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife--a modern woman like Nikki--and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

Appalled that her sister, Mindi, would even consider an arranged marriage, Nikki Grewal reluctantly pins Mindi's dating profile to their Sikh temple's marriage board. But Nikki may be the sister whose life changes.Nikki has pretty much disgraced herself and her familyBritish, Punjabi, Sikhseveral times over: in addition to dropping out of law school, she's moved out of the family home and into her own flat above O'Reilly's pub, where she tends bar. She's also taken several lovers, none of whom she ever intended to marry. So Mindi's desire for a traditional arranged marriage bewilders Nikki, particularly since Mindi has a successful career as a nurse and doesn't need anyone else to support her. While posting the profile, though, Nikki notices an advertisement for a writing instructor. Although disinclined to hire a young, modern woman, Kulwinder Kaur, Community Development Director of the Sikh Community Association, has had no other applicants. So Nikki begins teaching a group of Punjabi widows, who quickly hijack her lesson plans. Instead of teaching a creative writing course, or even an introductory English literacy course, Nikki finds herself facilitating an erotic storytelling workshop. The widows delight in telling titillating tales of illicit sexual encounters despite the danger of discovery by the Brothers, the self-appointed morality police. As Nikki deepens her relationships with the widowsand finds a new boyfriend along the wayshe learns of the strange death of Kulwinder's daughter, Maya, who may have been accused of dishonorable behavior. But trying to discover what happened to Maya may land Nikki herself in trouble. With a keen ear for dialogue and humor, Jaswal (Sugarbread, 2016, etc.) deftly entwines these women's lives, creating a world in which women of multiple generations find common ground in the erotic fantasies that reveal both lived experiences and wistful dreams. By turns erotic, romantic, and mysterious, this tale of women defying patriarchal strictures enchants. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.