Accidents Like Love and Marriage Misra Jaishree & That Long Silence (Set of 2 books)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.A ribald good-natured story of love in Delhi. Accidents like Love and Marriage is an unexpected romp through the universal dilemmas of love and marriage. It is a compelling tale of incompatible relationships and their astonishing success rates. The Sachdevs Menons and Singhs are urban Indians normal folk with everyday concerns instantly recognizable in fact just a little bit like youji and me. But when a foppish Delhiwalla falls for a lovely smart Keralite and his brother finds romance abroad passion and comedy take control of their destinies. Why are any of these couples married to each other? Why are the unmarried wanting to marry each other? And why are some of them friends? For wouldn’t you have thought that friends at the very least had to be vaguely compatible even if husbands and wives weren’t? This hilarious tale of incompatibilities explores why we do the things we do or indeed why we let them happen to us. Jaishree Misra’s second novel. About the Author Jaishree Misra was born in Delhi and maintains an ambiguous relationship with the city. She has worked variously and briefly as a special needs teacher social worker Journalist broadcaster writer. She is also a wife and mother. Ancient promises Her first novel garnered her wide readership. She lives in London.Jay's life comes apart at the seams when her husband is asked to leave his job while allegations of business malpractice against him are investigated. Her familiar existence disrupted her husband's reputation in question and their future as a family in jeopardy Jaya a failed writer is haunted by memories of the past. Differences with her husband frustrations in their seventeen-year-old marriage disappointment in her two teenage children the claustrophobia of her childhood and mdash all begin to surface. In her small suburban Bombay flat Jaya grapples with these and other truths about herself and mdash among them her failure at writing and her fear of anger. Shashi Deshpande gives us an exceptionally accomplished portrayal of a woman trying to erase a 'long silence' begun in childhood and rooted in her and in the constraints of her life. About the Author Shashi Deshpande daughter of the renowned Kannada dramatist and Sanskrit scholar Shriranga was born in Dharwad. At the age of fifteen she went to Mumbai graduated in economics then moved to Bangalore where she gained a degree in law. Her writing career began in earnest only in 1970 initially with short stories of which several volumes have been published. She is the author of four children`s books and seven previous novels the best known of which are The Dark Holds No Terror That Long Silence which won the Sahitya Akademi award and Small Remedies.