When her father’s death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a “creative writing” course at the community center in the beating heart of London’s close-knit Punjabi community.īecause of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she’s spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. This means that if you choose to purchase, I’ll make a small commission.) Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows SynopsisĮrotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, by Balli Kaur JaswalĪ lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages-a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.
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