Try free for 30 days
-
Good Indian Daughter
- Narrated by: Zenia Starr
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $25.83
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Buy it with
-
Emotional Female
- By: Yumiko Kadota
- Narrated by: Yumiko Kadota
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Yumiko Kadota was a young, gifted medical student - the top of her class - on her way to becoming an outstanding plastic and reconstructive surgeon. Fourteen years she'd studied and worked hard. She put in 70-hour weeks at the public hospital as a plastic surgery registrar, accepted everything her superiors threw at her because that's what you do to get on, right? Her life revolved around her work, but it was okay because it would all amount to a stellar, dream career down the track. In 2018, she walked away from it all.
-
-
Absolutely loved this book.
- By Anonymous User on 20-03-2021
-
The Covered Wife
- By: Lisa Emanuel
- Narrated by: Florette Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sarah is a smart young lawyer living in Bondi when she falls head over heels. Daniel is handsome and passionate. When Daniel introduces her to a charismatic young couple, rabbi Menachem Lev and his wife, Chani, despite herself, Sarah is drawn in by the vibrant community at the beachside synagogue. By the time the couple move to the Jamison Valley, where Menachem and Chani have established a community of believers, Sarah can’t imagine life without the joy, purpose and love she’s discovered. Four years on, youthful passion has given way to something darker.
-
-
Captivating
- By Chantal Gianni on 18-06-2021
-
China Room
- By: Sunjeev Sahota
- Narrated by: Indira Varma, Antonio Aakeel
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A multigenerational novel of love, oppression, trauma and the pursuit of freedom, inspired in part by the author's own family history, China Room twines together the stories of a woman and a man separated by more than half a century but united by blood.
-
-
Amazing story beautifully written
- By LouFish on 03-10-2023
-
A Spell of Good Things
- By: Ayobami Adebayo
- Narrated by: Ore Apampa, Babajide Oyekunle
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers and begging, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola's lives become intertwined.
-
-
Amazing story! Superb Narration
- By Anonymous User on 25-02-2023
-
Honor
- By: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena–a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man–Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one's own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita's own past.
-
-
Provocative and touching
- By neha prasad on 01-08-2023
-
Muddy People
- A Memoir
- By: Sara El Sayed
- Narrated by: Sara El Sayed
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Soos is coming of age in a household with a lot of rules. No bikinis, despite the Queensland heat. No boys, unless he’s Muslim. And no life insurance, not even when her father gets cancer. Soos is trying to balance her parents’ strict decrees with having friendships, crushes and the freedom to develop her own values. With each rule Soos comes up against, she is forced to choose between doing what her parents say is right and following her instincts.
-
Emotional Female
- By: Yumiko Kadota
- Narrated by: Yumiko Kadota
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Yumiko Kadota was a young, gifted medical student - the top of her class - on her way to becoming an outstanding plastic and reconstructive surgeon. Fourteen years she'd studied and worked hard. She put in 70-hour weeks at the public hospital as a plastic surgery registrar, accepted everything her superiors threw at her because that's what you do to get on, right? Her life revolved around her work, but it was okay because it would all amount to a stellar, dream career down the track. In 2018, she walked away from it all.
-
-
Absolutely loved this book.
- By Anonymous User on 20-03-2021
-
The Covered Wife
- By: Lisa Emanuel
- Narrated by: Florette Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sarah is a smart young lawyer living in Bondi when she falls head over heels. Daniel is handsome and passionate. When Daniel introduces her to a charismatic young couple, rabbi Menachem Lev and his wife, Chani, despite herself, Sarah is drawn in by the vibrant community at the beachside synagogue. By the time the couple move to the Jamison Valley, where Menachem and Chani have established a community of believers, Sarah can’t imagine life without the joy, purpose and love she’s discovered. Four years on, youthful passion has given way to something darker.
-
-
Captivating
- By Chantal Gianni on 18-06-2021
-
China Room
- By: Sunjeev Sahota
- Narrated by: Indira Varma, Antonio Aakeel
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A multigenerational novel of love, oppression, trauma and the pursuit of freedom, inspired in part by the author's own family history, China Room twines together the stories of a woman and a man separated by more than half a century but united by blood.
-
-
Amazing story beautifully written
- By LouFish on 03-10-2023
-
A Spell of Good Things
- By: Ayobami Adebayo
- Narrated by: Ore Apampa, Babajide Oyekunle
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers and begging, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola's lives become intertwined.
-
-
Amazing story! Superb Narration
- By Anonymous User on 25-02-2023
-
Honor
- By: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena–a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man–Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one's own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita's own past.
-
-
Provocative and touching
- By neha prasad on 01-08-2023
-
Muddy People
- A Memoir
- By: Sara El Sayed
- Narrated by: Sara El Sayed
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Soos is coming of age in a household with a lot of rules. No bikinis, despite the Queensland heat. No boys, unless he’s Muslim. And no life insurance, not even when her father gets cancer. Soos is trying to balance her parents’ strict decrees with having friendships, crushes and the freedom to develop her own values. With each rule Soos comes up against, she is forced to choose between doing what her parents say is right and following her instincts.
Publisher's Summary
Long before Ruhi fell pregnant, she knew she was never going to be the 'good Indian daughter' her parents demanded. But when the discovery that she is having a girl sends her into a slump of disappointment, it becomes clear she's getting weighed down by emotional baggage that needs to be unpacked, quickly.
So Ruhi sets herself a mission to deal with the potholes in her past before her baby is born. Delving into her youth in suburban Melbourne, she draws a heartrending yet often hilarious picture of a family in crisis, struggling to connect across generational, cultural and personal divides. Sifting through her own shattered self-esteem, Ruhi confronts the abuse threaded through her childhood. How can she hold on to the family and culture she has known and loved her whole life, when they are the reason for her scars?
Good Indian Daughter is a brutally honest yet brilliantly funny memoir for anyone who's ever felt like a let-down.
Critic Reviews
"To every desi girl who has felt the struggle of being a good daughter, combating the weight of expectations, self doubt and familial angst, this book will hit home." (Tasneem Chopra OAM, author, broadcaster and director)
"Told with humour and a light touch, Good Indian Daughter lays bare the experience of growing up in a family and culture that requires its daughters to be dutiful, compliant and silent. Good Indian Daughter is a book for our times - a reminder that respect for women starts at home." (Pip Williams, best-selling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words and One Italian Summer)
"A courageous, unflinching and ultimately redemptive account of the terrible cost of being a good Indian daughter." (Roanna Gonsalves)
More from the same
What listeners say about Good Indian Daughter
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anonymous User
- 27-11-2023
Good read
Personally having a similar background found the book helpful and insightful into my own journey trying to navigate two cultures and blend them into my world raise the next generation with the good of both.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- louisa sellenger
- 14-07-2021
A eye opening, beautiful and powerful read
Loved everything about this book light and funny, eye opening and sad. A book all woman can relate to!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!