THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERS
Book ID/图书代码： 11701215B77933
English Summary/英文概要： Welcome to Little India, East London, where Shyama, aged forty-four, has fallen for a younger man. They want a child together.
Welcome to a rural village in India, where young Mala, trapped in an oppressive marriage, dreams of escape.
When Shyama and Mala meet, they help each other realise their dreams. But will fate guarantee them both happiness?...
Brimming with warmth, wit and indignation, Meera Syal immerses us in a double story of friendship, family and the lengths women will go to have a child. Crossing between East London and rural India, its univeral tale of female triumph over adversity tickles as much as it bites, while asking searching questions about what makes us human.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 欢迎来到东伦敦的小印度，这里是44岁的希亚姆爱上了比她年纪小的男人的地方。他们想一起要个孩子。
欢迎来到印度的农村，年轻的马拉，身陷一场被逼的婚姻，梦想着能逃离这场婚姻。
希亚姆和马拉相遇了，她们互相帮对方实现了梦想。但是命运能保证她们都获得幸福吗？充满温暖，智慧和愤怒，梅拉莎尔带我们进入两个关于友情，家庭，和女人生育的故事。地域横跨东伦敦和印度农村，他叙述了女性战胜逆境的普通故事，同时提出质问，是什么让我们成为人类。（YYW）
Awards/获奖情况：Praise for THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERS:
“Dazzling. Intense and gritty at times, sparkling and hilarious at others. I found it absorbing, witty, joyous and moving…and that’s all I really want from a book!” Jo Brand
“Brilliant. It is destined to be a best seller. There is so much in it too. Beautiful writing, human frailty, love, vanity, friendship - but most importantly the shocking reminder of how woman are abused the world over.” Esther Freud
“Wise, witty and warm - a deliciously exotic feast of a book, spiced with the two best ingredients, love and laughter” Kathy Lette
“Through her novels, screenwriting and acting Meera Syal has not only changed the way Britain sees British Asians, but how British Asians see and talk about themselves. It is no surprise that her new, much-anticipated, novel is totally original and important and true.” Sathnam Sanghera
“witty, chatty and engaging… passionate and opinionated… This book is bound to delight many readers, who will embrace Syal’s well-chosen subject, her warm and witty voice and her passionate involvement with the world” Lucy Atkins, Sunday Times
“[Syal] creates a strong sense of place… Syal’s main achievement with this rumbustious, confrontational and ultimately heartbreaking book has been to turn the standard British-Asian displacement narrative on its head.” Alfred Hickling, Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/04/the-house-of-hidden-mothers-meera-syal-review
"A delicately written, profound study of the female condition in the rich world and the poor. The gifted Syal does it again." Yasmin Alibahai Brown, Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-house-of-hidden-mothers-by-meera-syal--book-review-an-angloindian-fiction-with-hard-truths-lurking-beneath-10300266.html
"Surely the makings of a hit ... This book is bound to delight many readers, who will embrace Syal’s well-chosen subject, her warm and witty voice and her passionate involvement with the world." Sunday Times
“The cast of colourful characters will have you in stitches… As well as laughter there are lots of dark moments in this brilliant novel as well as a few tear-jerkers, and we guarantee you’ll be thinking about it long after you’ve finished.” Stacey Bartlett, Sun
“Meera Syal brings these two worlds together with skill and invention; of course her writing is warm, witty, exotic… but this wise, indignant, punchy novel goes many miles beyond your average celebrity effusion” Kate Saunders, The Times
About the Author/作者介绍： 梅拉莎尔，CBE，是我们最受欢迎的演员和舞台荧幕编剧。她因电视剧《住在42号的库尔马一家》和最近大卫•威廉姆的BBC电影《穿裙子的男孩》走红。她目前在国家剧院表演大卫•哈雷的舞台剧《 美丽永恒的背后》，也出演了最近的电视剧《小镇疑云》。梅拉莎尔的风趣，尖锐和充满挑衅的小说受到大众的高度评价。她早期的小说有《阿妮塔和我》《生活不都是嘻嘻哈哈》。《隐藏妈妈的房子》人们期待已久的新小说。
Meera Syal, CBE, is one of our most acclaimed actors and writers of stage and screen. She starred in the hit series The Kumars at No.42 and recently in the BBC film of David Walliams’ The Boy in the Dress. She is currently in David Hare’s play, Behind the Beautiful Forevers at the National Theatre, and in the latest series of Broadchurch. Meera Syal is also highly regarded for her funny, sharp and provocative fiction. Her earlier novels are ANITA AND ME and LIFE ISN’T ALL HA HA HEE HEE. THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERS is her long-awaited new novel.
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