Well, I loved [a:Balli Kaur Jaswal|6924387|Balli Kaur Jaswal|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1475718370p2/6924387.jpg]'s [b:Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows|32075853|Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows|Balli Kaur Jaswal|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1493817315l/32075853._SY75_.jpg|51725836] and so I was always going to read this and I have to say that I loved it just as much as the previous novel.

Both books deal with the problems faced first-generation British Punjabi women, issues of cultural identity (being both English and Punjab), and the inherent and sometimes dangerous problems of women belonging to such a Patriarchal community.

Balli Kaur has dealt with some darker issues here,

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not just rape culture in India and gender-selective abortion but also assisted suicide

. In fact, this is the second, otherwise, light-hearted novel, that I have read this summer that deals with

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assisted suicide

the first being a [a:Ciara Geraghty|2105754|Ciara Geraghty|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1300821934p2/2105754.jpg] novel (I won’t say which one in case of spoilers but you can see it on my recently read if you are really curious). So I guess overall I am proud of Women’s Literature for once again being able to deal with some really hard-hitting topics and yet still manage to give it all a happy ending.

Incidentally, I googled a lot about India as I went along with this and I absolutely would travel still travel there after reading this but would require a brave female travel companion indeed!