The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Balli Kaur Jaswal
It's been a year since the Shergill sisters, Amanpreet and Amrita, have seen each other. Amidst all the family drama, they've managed to maintain their friendship. But now that they're finally reunited in Toronto, what will they do? What will they say? How will they handle seeing each other after such a long time apart? And hello to the fourth sister who joined the family in Canada!
The novel is set in The City of London, and follows the story of two sisters-Reema Shergill who, having lost her husband and left with a young son, tries to find work in the UK but has only managed to find menial jobs and Reema's sister Rebecca Shergill who plans on becoming an entrepreneur, but instead finds that she can't escape from the shadow of her more successful older sister.
The Shergill sisters, Anita, Maya and Margaret have no idea how much trouble their lives have in store for them. After the death of their grandfather and with the constant bickering between their parents, they are forced to fend for themselves when they make a decision to move back to India and live with their grandparents. Their new life is cut short when they find out that their grandmother is dying of cancer. They decide then to take her on a lifelong journey across South Asia before her death. Along the way, they meet many interesting characters-some good and some not so good-and through everything they experience along the way, they learn more about themselves as well as each other while still growing closer together.
A story of self-discovery and transformation, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters tells the tale of two sisters from India who move to England in search of a better life. Assertive, intelligent and quick witted, Aja arrives in London with her sister Durga after their father's death and is quickly made redundant from her old factory job. Embracing their new-found freedom to explore their past, the sisters embark on a journey that will take them across London through the means of food tours and other foodie adventures.
The Shergill Sisters were inseparable until the day their mother died. Now, they are back in their small town of Naraina, and their lives are only complicated by their own need for intimacy. In a novel about the family that is not your own, Kaur Jaswal explores tensions among siblings as they wrestle with relationships and caste determinations.
The Shergill Sisters have lived a privileged and wealthy life. They are the only children of their parents who were born in England. Their father was a well-renowned surgeon with an international reputation, and their mother was the daughter of a prestigious Indian family who owns half of India. When they were growing up, they had more than they could handle with the pool parties and country clubs they enjoyed as they became accustomed to the limelight. One day, as they hugged goodbye after visiting their old school one last time before moving back to India, they find themselves stranded in Mumbai without any money or way back home, forced to stay at a hotel for months until some hope comes knocking on their door and gives them a small window of opportunity...
Published Date | 2019-04-30 |
Duration | 13 hours 12 minutes |
Author | Balli Kaur Jaswal |
Narrated | Soneela Nankani, Deepti Gupta |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Fiction & Literature |
Parent Category | Asian American Literature |