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Now You See Us
Balli Kaur Jaswal
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We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your
children, we know your secrets. Corazon, Angel and Donita have all
come to Singapore to work for a living. The thing that unites them?
Their labour must remain unseen. But when a friend is accused of
murdering her employer, everything changes. The accused could be
any of them; they all know the stories of women who were
scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didn’t commit. Each
woman has secrets to keep, yet they must gather every ounce of
bravery, fearlessness and complete audacity to clear the name of
one of their own. After all, no-one knows the secrets of
Singapore’s elite quite like the women who work in their homes…
Readers LOVE Now You See Us: ‘Respectfully and masterfully
written. A must read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I am emotionally
exhausted – what a wonderful book! A must read!’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A wonderful read, that kept me captivated until
the end’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A
joyous book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a fabulous book! Balli Kaur
Jaswal’s writing transported me to Singapore … I thoroughly
enjoyed this’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your
children, we know your secrets. But now you know one of ours...
Rules for being a maid: * No smoking * No boyfriends * No visitors
* And most importantly: be invisible... Corazon, Angel and Donita
have all come to Singapore to work for a living. The thing that
unites them? Their labour must remain unseen. But when a friend is
accused of murdering her employer, everything changes. The accused
could be any of them; they all know the stories of women who were
scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didn't commit. Each
woman has secrets to keep, yet they must gather every ounce of
bravery, fearlessness and complete audacity to clear the name of
one of their own. After all, no-one knows the secrets of
Singapore's elite quite like the women who work in their homes...
Reese Witherspoon's March Book Club Pick! 'Big-hearted, earthy and
funny... A rattlingly good story' Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel Every woman has a secret life... When Nikki takes a
creative writing job at her local temple, with visions of
emancipating the women of the community she left behind as a
self-important teenager, she's shocked to discover a group of
barely literate women who have no interest in her ideals. Yet to
her surprise, the white dupatta of the widow hides more than just
their modesty - these are women who have spent their lives in the
shadows of fathers, brothers and husbands; being dutiful, raising
children and going to temple, but whose inner lives are as rich and
fruitful as their untold stories. But as they begin to open up to
each other about womanhood, sexuality, and the dark secrets within
the community, Nikki realises that the illicit nature of the class
may place them all in danger. East meets west and tradition clashes
with modernity in a thought-provoking cross-cultural novel that
might make you look again at the women in your life...
Grab your passport and let the Shergill sisters take you on a
journey... Meet the Shergill Sisters. The know-it-all, Rajni. The
drama queen, Jezmeen. The golden child, Shirina. They have never
been close. But their mother's dying wish was for them to take a
pilgrimage across India together, to carry out her final rites. And
so, the sisters are thrown together for one last (and very strange)
family holiday. The three women seem to have nothing in common,
apart from the fact that each of them has a secret she would prefer
to keep hidden. But as one unlikely adventure follows another, it's
not long before they start to realise that they might need each
other now more than ever. After all, there are no secrets between
sisters... Readers love the Shergill sisters! 'Fresh, funny and
moving' 'A heartwarming story' 'Funny and poignant' 'Wonderfully
written'
We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your
children, we know your secrets. But now you know one of ours...
Rules for being a maid: * No smoking * No boyfriends * No visitors
* And most importantly: be invisible... Corazon, Angel and Donita
have all come to Singapore to work for a living. The thing that
unites them? Their labour must remain unseen. But when a friend is
accused of murdering her employer, everything changes. The accused
could be any of them; they all know the stories of women who were
scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didn't commit. Each
woman has secrets to keep, yet they must gather every ounce of
bravery, fearlessness and complete audacity to clear the name of
one of their own. After all, no-one knows the secrets of
Singapore's elite quite like the women who work in their homes...
The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic
Stories for Punjabi Widows follows her acclaimed America debut with
this life-affirming, witty family drama--an Indian This Is Where I
Leave You--about three Punjabi sisters embarking on a pilgrimage to
their homeland to lay their mother to rest. The British-born
Punjabi Shergill sisters--Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirina--were never
close and barely got along growing up, and now as adults, have
grown even further apart. Rajni, a school principal is a stickler
for order. Jezmeen, a thirty-year-old struggling actress, fears her
big break may never come. Shirina, the peacemaking "good" sister
married into wealth and enjoys a picture-perfect life. On her
deathbed, their mother voices one last wish: that her daughters
will make a pilgrimage together to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to
carry out her final rites. After a trip to India with her mother
long ago, Rajni vowed never to return. But she's always been a
dutiful daughter, and cannot, even now, refuse her mother's
request. Jezmeen has just been publicly fired from her television
job, so the trip to India is a welcome break to help her pick up
the pieces of her broken career. Shirina's in-laws are pushing her
to make a pivotal decision about her married life; time away will
help her decide whether to meekly obey, or to bravely stand up for
herself for the first time. Arriving in India, these sisters will
make unexpected discoveries about themselves, their mother, and
their lives--and learn the real story behind the trip Rajni took
with their Mother long ago--a momentous journey that resulted in
Mum never being able to return to India again. The Unlikely
Adventures of the Shergill Sisters is a female take on the Indian
travel narrative. "I was curious about how different the trip would
be if it were undertaken by women, who are vulnerable to different
dangers in a male-dominated society," Balli Kaur Jaswal writes. "I
also wanted to explore the tensions between tradition and modernity
in immigrant communities, and particularly how those tensions play
out among women like these sisters, who are the first generation to
be raised outside of India." Powerful, emotionally evocative, and
wonderfully atmospheric, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill
Sisters is a charming and thoughtful story that illuminates the
bonds of family, sisterhood, and heritage that tether us despite
our differences. Funny and heartbreaking, it is a reminder of the
truly important things we must treasure in our lives.
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