Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: A Novel
A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages. Nikki, a daughter of Indian immigrants who has spent the past twenty years trying to distance herself from her traditional upbringing finds herself teaching a creative writing class at the community center. The class is made up of proper Sikh widows who are looking to earn basic English literacy. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected—and exciting—kind. When the widows’ gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.
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An easy read that balances honor killings, the invisibility of older women and widows, societal expectations, arranged marriages, the search for love and compatibility, family expectations, generational changes, immigrant society, and intimidation with enough humor to keep going and not get bogged down. Plenty to think about.
I really enjoyed this book! While it obviously has some eroticism, it's a lot deeper than that. It's an immigrant story and a coming-of-age story, with a dash of thrilling elements, all wrapped into one. I loved how we got some insight into Indian culture and values. I suppose it's a bit expected for the younger generation to be more open-minded than older ones, but I think all the characters blended well together in a cohesive way. The author did a great job of humanizing all the characters and trying to make the readers understand why they would make the decisions they do.
My only criticism is that the climax didn't seem to fit the rest of the story. It was a bit over the top for my taste, but this is still a great novel nonetheless.
Oh, and don't be surprised when the stories get you a little hot and bothered.
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