The Newlyweds
Amina Mazid is twenty-four when she moves from Bangladesh to Rochester, New York, for love. A hundred years ago, Amina would have been called a mail-order bride. But this is the twenty-first century: she is wooed by—and woos—George Stillman online. For Amina, George offers a chance for a new...
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Amina Mazid is twenty-four when she moves from Bangladesh to Rochester, New York, for love. A hundred years ago, Amina would have been called a mail-order bride. But this is the twenty-first century: she is wooed by—and woos—George Stillman online. For Amina, George offers a chance for a new life for her and her parents, as well as a different kind of happiness than she might find back home. For George, Amina is a woman who doesn't play games. But each of them is hiding something: someone from the past they thought they could leave behind. It is only when Amina returns to Bangladesh that she and George find out if their secrets will tear them apart, or if they can build a future together.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307388971 (0307388972)
ASIN: 307388972
Publish date: February 12th 2013
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
India,
Asia,
Marriage,
Bangladesh
I grew to love this more and more. All the characters were believable and engaging and Amina's self-realisation at the end almost made me weep.
http://therelentlessreader.blogspot.com/2013/01/quick-thoughts-on-imperfectionists-and.html
I hope I don't sink so far as a one word review ("meh", in this case) but this one was really close. In part, there's a good reason so many stories end "And they lived happily ever after." The petty squabblings of newlyweds sorting out the first years is so much less interesting than what comes befo...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-newlyweds.htmlThe Newlyweds is the story of Amina. Amina is a young woman who grows up in Bangladesh in a poor family without many opportunities. Her way out is a marriage. George lives in Rochester, New York - a wo...
It took me awhile to get around to writing this review. After I finished the book I had to step back and think about what I just read. At the end of the book the author goes over her acknowledgements and thanks her inspiration for the book-a woman she met on an airplane. Suddenly it all made sense. ...