The Arranged Wedding

Leena Purri is a nineteen-year-old Asian girl living in Tonbridge England with her family: Mum Dad and brother Sevi. Next door live the Prices who have a difficult relationship and a family secret. Leena wants to go to university but against her will her parents arrange a marriage to a local boy. Things don't go as planned. When third generation Asian girl Leena learns that her traditionalist parents have arranged a wedding for her with an Asian boy in whom she has little interest a fascinating sequence of events is set in motion which shows how very different such family arrangements are within the culture and context of modern-day England with a lively sparky young female who has ideas of her own about her future. The twists and turns of the ingenious plot the well-observed characters and the pace of the writing will keep the reader captivated and absorbed throughout while the novel's resolution comes as a delight and a surprise. Strongly recommended. Robin Squires author and scriptwriter.