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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Meera Syal
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A 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.
Every woman has a secret life....
Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she's spent most of her 20-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. 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.
Because of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. 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.
As more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community's "moral police". But when the widows' gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife - a modern woman like Nikki - and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.
What the critics say
"Meera Syal is a wonderful choice as narrator because her British accent and mastery of an ironic tone make the most of the lively descriptions and Nikki's sardonic interior monologues.... For those who are unfamiliar with Sikh culture or this part of London, this is an informative and entertaining listening experience." (AudioFile)
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- Blythe
- 2018-04-14
More than just fluffy romantic fiction
I have absolutely no memory of why I picked up this book; I think it must have been on a highly recommended list somewhere. But hey, looked interesting and I'll read almost anything that looks interesting. And it was!
On the surface it's a fairly ordinary story about Nikki, a first-generation immigrant living in London, recently dropped out of law school and looking for work besides the bartending that's paying the rent. She has fairly normal things to deal with: her mother's recently widowed and still upset Nikki moved out to live on her own, her sister Mindi desperately wants to get married, and Nikki's still trying to figure out what to do with her life. Then Nikki sees a job advertisement to teach women's creative writing classes at a Sikh temple in Southall, and gets the position.
Kulwander, the woman who hires Nikki and who is trying to get this class established as a first step to convincing the temple to create more women's support groups, doesn't speak English very well yet. So, what Nikki thinks she is being hired to teach (creative writing classes), and what Kulwander thinks she is going to teach (women learning to read and write), don't entirely align. Nikki shows up on the first day and discovers the class Kulwander has rounded up - mostly older punjabi widows with a pretty limited use of English - mostly can't even read or write. She tries to introduce them to simple reading using children's workbooks, but they're bored silly reading "cat" and "dog" and so on. When they accidentally come across a book of erotic story that Nikki has picked up for her sister as a joke, they decide start to make up their own stories, learning storytelling and creative writing in a more "adult" theme.
Nikki's torn between the fact this is clearly a liberating and empowering experience for the widows - not to mention hilarious (the punjabi women don't know the words for many bits of anatomy, so everything tends to get described in terms of vegetables) - and the fact it's actually great creative writing practice, and the fact that Kulwander would fire her if she ever found out, not to mention the possible repercussions from the strictly fundamentalist "brothers" who take it on themselves to enforce morality around the temple. As the stories are written down and friends show copies to other friends here and there, they rapidly spread throughout the punjabi community of London until Nikki's classes are overflowing and of course chaos predictably breaks out as Kulwander returns and walks in on a class.
The above shenanigans make for a very entertaining read but a pretty typical romantic fiction novel, but this book goes a level deeper. Intertwined through the main story there is also the unsolved death of Kulwander's daughter, Nikki's guilt at the death of her father, even an attempted murder, and all throughout, the characters deal directly or indirectly with many thought-provoking portrayals and discussions of topics relevant to the Southall immigrant community. Nikki and her sister argue the merits of arranged marriage; the Brothers illustrate the dangers of fundamentalist moral policing in a religious community; the elder widows struggle with the difficulties of new immigrants adapting to a country and language where they don't feel confident in their ability to understand or be understood and where outsiders mock or are outright rude to them; how upholding "morality" and "honour" can lead to crimes against women and children being hidden and ignored; and how women in general and particularly older women are not "supposed" to talk about, invite, or enjoy sex at all.
You can enjoy the story at the light, fluffy level as you read through, but days after you finish you'll find yourself still thinking about some of the deeper issues listed above. Which makes it more than just a fluffy fiction beach novel, and makes it not quite like anything I've read before, an odd mix of romantic fiction, thought-provoking examination of immigrant and women's issues, and yes, excerpts of definitely racy erotica as sections of the widows' stories are included. So if you get the audiobook, maybe use earbuds!
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- Cori
- 2023-06-07
My current favourite
So many elements to this amazing story. What a poignant and hilarious commentary on British Punjabi culture. I loved every second. It’s a love story, a comedy, a family drama, and a mystery all in one. I’m swiftly downloading all the authors books now.
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- Corrine Higgins
- 2018-09-19
Audible never disappoints
Loved this story. I bought the audible so that I could finish this book in time for a book club meeting. The reading of this book made it that much more enjoyable. #Audible1
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- Sudip Minhas
- 2018-03-31
An amazing journey of women's inner strength
Feminist awakenings in the most unsuspecting places. A journey of discovery from body to spirit.
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- Paul M
- 2022-11-14
Totally recommend this
Much to my surprise, it’s the best story I’ve listened to in a long time. Lots of giggles. Doesn’t drag on. Entertaining. Loved the narrator!
Well done. An audible must!
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- Lesley F.
- 2020-05-21
Interesting book!
I was intrigued by the title of this book, and it proved to be a great read. It gives a little insight into the lives of Punjabi women and marriages for women currently living in London, England. There’s good character development for the main characters, and an interesting storyline. I enjoyed it a lot.
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- Stefanie
- 2018-06-10
great narrative. captivating story!
I couldn't stop listening. The story is so well written and entertaining that I was caught off guard several times laughing it loud in public. Heat warming and funny, suspenseful and erotic. This book had it all. I highly recommend this book!
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-01-24
Amazing.
Loved every moment of this book!! The readers accents were spot on and added so much to the experience. Can’t wait to listen to something else by the same author.
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- Heather Bravo
- 2018-09-15
Opens your mind
Not what you would expect of Punjabi widows, but why not! We are all more alike than we are different. Thank you #audible1 for making all the popular novels available for busy people that enjoy books but don’t have time to read.
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- YVRunner
- 2020-09-29
Amazing Narrator!!
Really impressed with the narrator. I think that if I simply read this book on my own I would not have had the same experience. Especially with the accents and voices and pronunciations of the names.
Very very well narrated.
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