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Man and wife is a novel of two generations of marriages that end in disaster. Amara is intelligent, independent and obedient and does not argue with her parents. Born in shimla, pant is the sister of standup comedian sorabh pant. One and a half wife is the debut novel by meghna pant who is a financial journalist by profession. Instead, man and wife explores the complex laws surrounding irish and scottish marriages in the nineteenth century. With powerful insights, one and a half wife traces the comingofage of multiple characters, while redefining family, relationships and love in contemporary india. The maturity with which meghna pant treats the subject of immigration, divorce and reverseimmigration among the one and a half generation indianamericans is commendable. It traces the story of amara malhotra, who arrives in us and tries to live her mothers version of american dream posh and polished lifestyle yet indian in values.

One part woman is a love story wrapped within a tender and graceful, nearly poetic, reproach of indias extremely stratified and profoundly bigoted society, especially in rural areas. The story follows her life from indian to america and back, and how she copes with it. Sarai, the last child of her aged father, is beautiful, spoiled, and used to getting her own way. Meghna pant is a multiple awardwinning author, journalist and speaker.

One and a half wife is a brilliant book by an indian author in a long time. A young nubile wife named poona is the lead character and she cannot conceive children and so her neighbours torment her socially for this reason, almost daily. One and a half wife by meghna pant is a riveting tale of the young. On the bestseller list across many bookstores, the novel went into multiple reprints. He got up one morning, and with an offhand gracie, ill be back in a little while, he was gone. The story is a curious mix of habits steeped in tradition which chains the human spirit, yet tries to break free by living the amreekan dream. When abram finally requests sarais hand, she asks one thingthat he promise never to take another wife as long as she lives. Even as a young girl, she is aware of the way men look at her, including her half brother abram.

Pant has been named one of indias best writers by various publications. Dec 28, 2015 book covers of some best books of 2015 in the ya genre romantic theme, like the fillin boyfriend by kasie west, i have branched out lately. Karnas wife kindle edition by kavita kane author 4. It was shortlisted for the amazon breakthrough novel award, the cinnamon press novel writing award, and word hustlers literary storm novel contest. The word wife was too small to accommodate its responsibility. With immigration, came struggles to adjust to the new country and build a life from scratch. Laz had left before, but this time, when several weeks pass and he doesnt return, grace copes with the situation by pretending to family and friends that hes still. While reading the novel, i deeply appreciated the authors capability to bring out in words, the emotions of an indian lady named amara malhotra and the pain that she goes through while trying to settle down in an american country where she almost finds herself unfit.