“One was about, Harriet, a kind of North London, liberal luvvie feminist icon with a colourful past. So what were the embryonic roots of this complex storyline? “It came out of two different stories," says Ali.
It's a challenging artistic feat to convincingly orchestrate so many disparate but connected journeys but Ali manages it with aplomb. 'Love Marriage' is the latest title by Monica Ali. Being honest with yourself and those around you.” It won’t mark the only time that Sandor’s words are sagely applicable across several of the characters’ circumstances. Sandor tells him early on that the healing journey “is about honesty.
Joe, for instance, has a hidden addiction and reluctantly submits himself to Sandor, a psychotherapist. It's a rich, diverse story, brimming with wit, warmth, sensuality and humanity, with characters whose relatively "normal" but idiosyncratic exteriors cover up complex pasts, denial, secrets and betrayals. Instead, the new relationships initiate an unravelling process between family members, as well as Yasmin and Joe. They naturally have anxieties about how the dynamics of their considerably different families will gel as the family introductions unfold, but are confident that their love will carry them through. It follows the lives of two (very different) families, brought together by the engagement of central character Yasmin Ghorami, a young British Muslim woman whose Bengali parents emigrated to Britain decades ago, to her fiance, Joe Sangster.īoth Yasmin and Joe are junior doctors. Her latest novel, Love Marriage, recently hit bookshops across continents and marks a triumphant return for Ali. The reception so far has been just amazing, really gratifying.” But I’m also very excited about it,” she promptly adds, with a rich laugh. “It’s been 10 years since my previous novel was out. “I’m feeling quite nervous,” admits British writer Monica Ali, as she tells The National about her new book.
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