Balli Kaur Jaswal

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’ ?????

Lämpimän humoristinen ja tunteellinen sukupolvitarina sisaruudesta, surusta joka yhdistää ja salaisuuksista jotka etäännyttävätEnglannissa syntyneet punjabilaiset sisarukset Rajni, Jezmeen ja Shirina eivät varsinaisesti koskaan ole tunteneet sitä kuuluisaa sisarusten välistä rakkautta toisiaan kohtaan. Rajni, rehtori, on järjestelmällisyyden perikuva. Jezmeen, näyttelijä, pelkää ettei lyö läpi urallaan. Shirina, ”hyvä” sisar, elää täydellistä elämää varakkaassa avioliitossa. Äidin viimeinen toive tuo heidät odottamattomasti yhteen ja lähettää vastahakoiset sisarukset pyhiinvaellusmatkalle Intiaan. Heitä ei tunnu yhdistävän mikään muu kuin valonarat salaisuudet. Kun yksi epätodennäköinen seikkailu johtaa toiseen, ei kestä kauaakaan kun sisarukset alkavat ymmärtää, että he saattavat tarvita toisiaan nyt enemmän kuin koskaan. Voimakas, tunteita herättävä ja ihanan tunnelmallinen Shergillin sisarusten odottamattomat seikkailut on viehättävä ja ajatuksia herättävä tarina perhesiteistä, sisaruudesta ja sukulaisuudesta, joka sitoo meidät yhteen erilaisuuksistamme huolimatta.

We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your children, we know your secrets. But now you know one of ours...

We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your children, we know your secrets�

Lämpimän humoristinen ja tunteellinen sukupolvitarina sisaruudesta, surusta joka yhdistää ja salaisuuksista jotka etäännyttävätEnglannissa syntyneet punjabilaiset sisarukset Rajni, Jezmeen ja Shirina eivät varsinaisesti koskaan ole tunteneet sitä kuuluisaa sisarusten välistä rakkautta toisiaan kohtaan. Rajni, rehtori, on järjestelmällisyyden perikuva. Jezmeen, näyttelijä, pelkää ettei lyö läpi urallaan. Shirina, ”hyvä” sisar, elää täydellistä elämää varakkaassa avioliitossa. Äidin viimeinen toive tuo heidät odottamattomasti yhteen ja lähettää vastahakoiset sisarukset pyhiinvaellusmatkalle Intiaan. Heitä ei tunnu yhdistävän mikään muu kuin valonarat salaisuudet. Kun yksi epätodennäköinen seikkailu johtaa toiseen, ei kestä kauaakaan kun sisarukset alkavat ymmärtää, että he saattavat tarvita toisiaan nyt enemmän kuin koskaan. Voimakas, tunteita herättävä ja ihanan tunnelmallinen Shergilin sisarusten odottamattomat seikkailut on viehättävä ja ajatuksia herättävä tarina perhesiteistä, sisaruudesta ja sukulaisuudesta, joka sitoo meidät yhteen erilaisuuksistamme huolimatta. Kirja muistuttaa hauskasti ja sydämeenkäyvästi tärkeistä asioista, joita meidän tulee vaalia elämässämme.

Eloisa, seksikäs ja ajatuksia herättävä tarina yhteisöllisyydestä, ystävyydestä ja naisen elämästä ikään tai kansalaisuuteen katsomattaNikki on pyristellyt koko ikänsä päästäkseen eroon perinteitä arvostavasta sikhiyhteisöstä, jossa hän on kasvanut Länsi-Lontoossa. Kun Nikkin isä yhtäkkiä menehtyy, perhe joutuu taloudelliseen ahdinkoon. Kartuttaakseen kassaa Nikki hankkii työpaikan luovan kirjoittamisen opettajana. Pian hänelle valkenee, että lähes kaikki opiskelijat ovat lukutaidottomia punjabilaisia leskiä. Luovan kirjoittamisen sijaan Nikki huomaa opettavansa aakkosia. Mutta kun yksi naisista löytää eroottisia tarinoita sisältävän kirjan ja lukee siitä luokassa ääneen, leskiin syttyy aivan uudenlainen opiskeluinto. Perinteisten asujen alla pulppuaa varsinainen luovuuden lähde, kun naiset alkavat kertoa tarinoitaan. Pian sana oppitunneista leviää naisyhteisön keskuudessa kulovalkean tavoin ja luokkahuoneen seinät pullistelevat osallistujista. Ei aikaakaan kun skandaalin ainekset ovat kasassa...

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'

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.

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.

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 Shirnia--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.

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.

Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick 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 twenty-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.

Reese Witherspoonâ??s March Book Club Pick! â?? Big-hearted, earthy and funnyâ?¦ A rattlingly good storyâ?? Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Every woman has a secret lifeâ?¦