The Secret Diary of a Bengali Mum

<h4><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An ambitious British-Bengali woman and her happy-go-lucky husband. A baby that doesn't sleep. Lots of unsolicited advice and old wives' tales.</strong></h4><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Welcome to the world of a new mum.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My life has been a rollercoaster so far. I met my Mr </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Oh-you'll-do</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> turned bridezilla whilst planning my big fat Bangladeshi wedding relocated to a new city and navigated life as a career woman and wife. Now armed with the help of my parenting books this next stage should be a cinch. At least that's what the books say...</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The latest in the award winning Diverse Romcom series sees our brown Bridget Jones face her biggest life change yet becoming a mum. As she embarks on this next chapter can she keep her marriage sanity and identity intact?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This novel tells you what others won't... what it's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>really</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> like to be a new mum. The unputdownable story from former-journalist Halima Khatun tackles race identity and belonging as the protagonist marries modernity with the motherland. You'll laugh and cry.</span></p><p></p><p><strong>About the author</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 62 62 1)>Halima Khatun is a former journalist (having worked for ITV and the BBC) writer and PR consultant.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 62 62 1)>Since she was a child she knew that words would be her thing. With a lifelong passion for writing Halima wrote her first novel - a coming-of-age children's story - at the age of 12. It was politely turned down by all the major publishing houses. However proving that writing was indeed her forte Halima went on to study English and Journalism and was one of just four people in the UK to be granted a BBC scholarship during her postgraduate studies.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 62 62 1)>She has since written for a number of publications including the HuffPost and Yahoo! Style and has been featured in the Express Metro and other national publications. Halima also blogs on lifestyle food and travel and parenthood on halimabobs.com. This is where she also shares updates on her novels.</span></p><p></p>