Amulya Malladi Boeken

Priya Rao verliet India toen ze twintig was om in Amerika te gaan studeren. Nu, zeven jaar later, op het hoogtepunt van het mangoseizoen, keert ze voor het eerst terug naar huis. Ze moet haar traditionele familie gaan vertellen dat ze hun vertrouwen heeft beschaamd en dat ze verloofd is met Nick, een buitenlander. De terugkeer naar Hyderabad is een overweldigende ervaring voor Priya. Er is veel veranderd in die tijd – behalve haar familie. Priya’s ouders vinden dat het tijd wordt voor kleinkinderen en hebben al een ‘aardige Indiase jongen’ voor hun dochter uitgezocht.

A survivor of the catastrophic gas leak that devastates Bhopal, India, Anjali suffers through the loss of neighbors and family and the breakup of her marriage to an army officer, but she finds new happiness in her new marriage to a loving professor and a successful career as a schoolteacher, until the return of her former husband. A first novel. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

"Everyone in Denmark knew that Yousef Ahmed, a refugee from Iraq, brutally murdered the right-wing politician Sanne Melgaard. So, when part-time blues musician, frustrated home renovator, and full-time private detective Gabriel Præst agrees to investigate the matter because his ex--the one who got away--asked him to, he knew it was a no-win case. But as Gabriel starts to ask questions, his face meets with the fists of Russian gangsters; the Danish prime minister asks him for a favor; and he starts to realize that something may be rotten in the state of Denmark"-- Provided by publisher

"Sanya was always the perfect wife, but after a breakdown at her office, it's her husband Harry's turn to step up. His proposal? A temporary move to Copenhagen, Denmark's capital city. He needs to be there to close a business deal and figures the change of scenery will do her good. Soon Sanya goes from hiding under her duvet to hiding in plain sight, a dark-skinned Indian American in a city of blondes. Within Copenhagen's glamorous high society, one man stands out, not only because of his intriguing scar but because he sees Sanya in a way Harry hasn't for years. Anders Ravn owns the company Harry wants to acquire, and soon Sanya begins to fall for him. As allegations of white-collar crime arise, she learns of Harry's infidelity, and having an affair with Anders seems ever more tempting. Surrounded by old money, smoked fish on dark breads, and way too many bicycles, Sanya slowly moves from breakdown to breakthrough, but where will she end up, and with whom?"--Page [4] of cover.

A stunning new novel—full of wit and warmth—from the bestselling author of The Mango Season.In trendy Silicon Valley, Priya has everything she needs—a loving husband, a career, and a home—but the one thing she wants most is the child she’s unable to have. In a Southern Indian village, Asha doesn’t have much—raising two children in a tiny hut, she and her husband can barely keep a tin roof over their heads—but she wants a better education for her gifted son. Pressured by her family, Asha reluctantly checks into the Happy Mothers House: a baby farm where she can rent her only asset—her womb—to a childless couple overseas. To the dismay of friends and family, Priya places her faith in a woman she’s never met to make her dreams of motherhood come true.Together, the two women discover the best and the worst that India’s rising surrogacy industry has to offer, bridging continents and cultures to bring a new life into the world—and renewed hope to each other.

Als Devi nicht mehr ein noch aus weiß, trifft sie einen drastischen Entschluss: Sie will ihrem Leben ein Ende setzen. Doch wie schon so oft zuvor taucht ihre Mutter im unpassendsten (oder vielmehr genau im richtigen) Moment auf und rettet ihrer Tochter das Leben. Gezwungen, bis zu ihrer vollständigen Genesung bei ihren Eltern zu leben, spricht Devi kein Wort mehr. Stattdessen stürzt sie sich mit Feuereifer in eine neue Aufgabe: Sie kocht. Ihre Rezepte, Eigenkreationen kombiniert mit klassisch indischen Gerichten, drücken genau aus, wie sie sich fühlt. Ihre Gerichte und ihr Schweigen bringen ihre Familie dazu, endlich offen miteinander zu sprechen mit unerwarteten und alles verändernden Konsequenzen.

Priya Rao, 27 Jahre alt, muss ihren indischen Eltern von ihrer geplanten Hochzeit mit einem Amerikaner erzählen. Während sie peinliche Treffen mit potenziellen indischen Ehemännern vermeidet, wird der Zeitpunkt für ihr Geständnis immer ungünstiger. Als ihre Eltern ein Treffen mit dem "perfekten" Mann organisieren, eskaliert die Situation.