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Love Marriage

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Love Marriage

By: Monica Ali
Narrated by: Ayesha Dharker
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF BRICK LANE
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' I defy you to put this book down' Adam Kay

'Absolutely terrific ... genuinely touching' Jenny Colgan

'Exquisitely written with big heartedness, intelligence and passion' Ruth Jones

Yasmin Ghorami has a lot to be grateful for: a loving family, a fledgling career in medicine and a charming, handsome fiancé, fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But now the moment she has been dreading has arrived: it is time for her family to meet Joe's firebrand feminist mother.

As the two families are drawn closer together, long-held secrets, lies and betrayals unravel on both sides - and Yasmin is forced to ask herself what she really wants in a relationship and what a 'love marriage' actually means ...

'An utterly unputdownable exploration of modern love' Stylist

'As engrossing and enjoyable as Brick Lane' Sunday Times

'A glorious tapestry of modern British family life' Metro

'Wildly entertaining ... a bold and generous book' Financial Times

'Rich, sensitive and gloriously entertaining' Tash Aw, Times Literary Supplement

'A surefire hit' Observer

'Big-hearted, wry and tender' Harper's Bazaar

'Gloriously readable, acute, funny and sympathetic' Daily Mail©2022 Monica Ali Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Women's Fiction World Literature Marriage
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Critic Reviews

Absolutely terrific . . . genuinely touching . . . every one of its many characters, no matter how small their part, is beautifully rounded out (Jenny Colgan)
Gloriously readable, acute, funny and sympathetic
Compelling, witty and warm-hearted
Ali provides an acute examination of race, class and identity in British society . . . A glorious tapestry of modern British family life
Wise, warm and utterly compelling
Worth the decade it took to arrive . . . This is a proper family saga, both deliciously old-fashioned and full of surprising reversals (Alex Preston)
Every bit as compelling as her debut Brick Lane . . . Ali perfectly captures the delicate push-pull with families in this warm and intelligent family drama
A topically freighted tale of premarital tension told with easy-reading propulsion, Love Marriage has the air of a surefire hit
Love Marriage is enormously satisfying in its inventions and observations, and its exploration of cultural diversity in Britain. At once touching and satirical . . . as engrossing and enjoyable as Brick Lane (David Sexton)
Nuance is one of Ali's greatest skills; she can lay out a character's flaws, self-delusions and inconsistencies and then make you love them anyway
Monica Ali's rich, sensitive and gloriously entertaining novel . . . brim[s] with extremely funny moments of excruciating social comedy . . . For all its precise comic timing and consummate plotting, the novel's real strength lies in its depiction of complex social encounters, leaving the reader to decide which side, if any, to take . . . [A] love letter to the richness of London life (Tash Aw)
Wildly entertaining . . . Filled with people who are not just likeable, but loveable. This contract of sympathy, which flows between reader and characters, deepens and enriches the portrait of contemporary London that Ali creates with a confident Dickensian sweep (Susie Boyt)
Big-hearted, wry and tender . . . a state-of-the-nation novel in the very best sense . . . a terrific story delivered with a light touch: with dialogue that can turn a situation on a sixpence and exquisite descriptions . . . There are some extremely moving moments, and splendid cinematic scenes of high comedy
The beating heart of this novel is the author's uncompromising scrutiny of the messy, heart-breaking, head-wrecking, brutal beauty of family dynamics . . . Heroes and anti-heroes fuse to create multidimensional characters who each evoke huge sympathy
There are riches here. All the components of modern identity are laid out: race, class, gender, faith, sexuality . . . engaging, entertaining and relevant
Poignant and precise . . . a tribute to freedom and self-exploration, Ali's novel is, above all, a story about love - the bonds that it brings, and the shackles
All stars
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A lovely piece of writing and wonderfully narrated. Worth every second of my time

Wonderful

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I have really enjoyed this book. Would definitely recommend it. Beautiful written and lovely to listen to.

A wonderful read/listen

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I really enjoyed this book. The characters were all interesting, not just the main two or three but all of them. Very believable. I wanted a romance that wasn't just fluff and this was perfect.

Great characters and narration

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Could have been a shorter novel, but overall, I was hooked. Wanted something not dark or depressing and this was an interesting story about how we see our parents, love and different kinds of friendships and relationships.

Enjoyed this during my week in iso!

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I didn’t want this book to end.
I think Monica Ali is a fantastic author.
Can’t wait for her next book.
Mary Campbell

Loved this book so much😄

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