At home, the women "walk in small steps, talk in sweet tones, pour dainty cupfuls, and refill plates in the shake of a dupatta," but at work they "kick ass across courtrooms and computer screens."Mee
Shyama, a forty-eight-year-old London divorcée, already has an unruly teenage daughter, but that doesn't stop her and her younger lover, Toby, from wanting a child together. Their relationship may loo
Meer Syal has created an indelible portrait of a close-knit group of Indian women living in London. Caught between two cultures, three childhood friends—Chila, Sunita, and Tania—are expec
Nine-year-old Meena wants to be like all the other British children, but as the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the mining village of Tollington, she must live a childhood caught between two cu
Shyama, a forty-eight-year-old London divorcée, already has an unruly teenage daughter, but that doesn't stop her and her younger lover, Toby, from wanting a child together. Their relationship may loo
Shyama is in love like she has never been before. Pale and English, Toby, a farmer's son, treats her with the love and respect her former Asian husband never did. Shyama loves so keenly that she badly
"Dazzling. Intense and gritty at times, sparkling and hilarious at others. I found it absorbing, witty, joyous and moving...and that's all I really want from a book!" (Jo Brand). "Warm and witty." (Su
Comedy, poetry, history and magic combined with themes of a social and spiritual nature make this volume an exciting collection. Plays for stage, radio and television together with essays on theatre,
