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The Sari Shop Widow

av Shobhan Bantwal

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Fiction. Literature. HTML:Pungent curry. . .sweet fried onions. . .incense. . .colorful beads. . .lush fabrics. Shobhan Bantwal's compelling new novel is set on the streets of Edison, New Jersey's Little India, where a young businesswoman rediscovers the magic of love and family. . .
Since becoming a widow at age twenty-seven, Anjali Kapadia has devoted herself to transforming her parents' sari shop into a chic boutique, brimming with exquisite jewelry and clothing. Now, ten years later, it stands out like a proud maharani amid Edison's bustling Little India. But when Anjali learns the shop is on the brink of bankruptcy, she feels her world unraveling. . .
To the rescue comes Anjali's wealthy, dictatorial Uncle Jeevan and his business partner, Rishi Shahâ??a mysterious Londoner, complete with British accent, cool gray eyes, and skin so fair it makes it hard to believe he's Indian. Rishi's cool, foreign demeanor triggers distrust in Anjali and her mother. But for Anjali, he also stirs something else, a powerful attraction she hasn't felt in a decade. And the feeling is mutual. . .
Love disappointed Anjali once before and she's vowed to live without itâ??though Rishi is slowly melting her resolve and, as the shop regains its footing, gaining her trust. But when a secret from Rishi's past is revealed, Anjali must turn to her family and her strong cultural upbringing to guide her in finding the truth. . .
Praise for Shobhan Bantwal and her novels. . .
"Compelling and memorable." â??Mary Jo Putney on The Forbidden Daughter
"Vivid, rich. . .expertly portrays a young woman caught between love and duty, hope and despair." â??Anjali Banerjee on The Dowry Bride
"Splendidly depicts passion, brutality, and cultures in conflict."â??Dorothy Garlock on The Dowry Bride
"The Dowry Bride is an eye-opener to the challenges many Indian women face in a culture few foreigners comprehend. â??ArmchairInterviews.com, 4 stars on The Dowry Bride
"A beautifully written book. . .Wonderful, vivid, and worth reading."â??BookIdeas.com on The Dowry Bride
"An amazing story of modern India."â??The Kaleidoscope on
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  Danielec | May 2, 2017 |
Anjali Kapadia is a 37 year old widow who dreams of owning her own chain of upscale Indian boutiques. She sink all her savings into upgrading her parent’s Sari shop in New Jersey’s Little India, turning it into the boutique: Sari’s and Sapphires. She happily designs and sells her beautiful contemporary Indian designs until one day her father announces that their business is failing and that he has called upon his tough, overbearing older brother to help them out. Anjali fears the worst—that her uncle will force them to sell or he’ll decide to take over her business. And when her uncle arrives from India with a business partner, a handsome 42-year-old Indo-Brit, her fears seem to be coming true...What ensues is a rather predictable romance, but with an ethnic flavor. Nothing spectacular, but good for a cozy afternoon by the fire or a beach read. ( )
  bluebird_ | Jan 14, 2016 |


This book was terrible! I guess I picked the book by its name, because that was the only good thing about it. Don't bother. ( )
  steadfastreader | Mar 18, 2014 |
I love this book. I was in love from the first page to the last, front to back cover. Do need to say more!!! ( )
  lissyavon | Oct 2, 2011 |
I was not as enchanted with this book as I'd hoped to be. There were small nuggets of life in an Indian family or living as a woman of Indian heritage in New Jersey that were interesting, but somehow, the story lacked passion to me (which is kind of ironic since it was a love story.) I think also stumbling into dacoits (armed bandits of the sort who killed my brother last year in India) probably did not help me find a "happy place" with this book.

One thing that was interesting was that a huge premise of the book was that being a widow was not a death sentence for a woman. While I wholeheartedly agree, I can't say that Anjali's life was necessarily proof of that. She was active in her work but her world certainly didn't expand much beyond the shop -- they'd come home to sleep and eat food they'd carried out from a restaurant because they were too tired to cook. Then wake up in the morning and go back to the shop. That's a pretty narrow space to dance in, it seems. Or at least it seems to me. Makes the title just a little more telling. ( )
  bookczuk | Sep 30, 2010 |
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Fiction. Literature. HTML:Pungent curry. . .sweet fried onions. . .incense. . .colorful beads. . .lush fabrics. Shobhan Bantwal's compelling new novel is set on the streets of Edison, New Jersey's Little India, where a young businesswoman rediscovers the magic of love and family. . .
Since becoming a widow at age twenty-seven, Anjali Kapadia has devoted herself to transforming her parents' sari shop into a chic boutique, brimming with exquisite jewelry and clothing. Now, ten years later, it stands out like a proud maharani amid Edison's bustling Little India. But when Anjali learns the shop is on the brink of bankruptcy, she feels her world unraveling. . .
To the rescue comes Anjali's wealthy, dictatorial Uncle Jeevan and his business partner, Rishi Shahâ??a mysterious Londoner, complete with British accent, cool gray eyes, and skin so fair it makes it hard to believe he's Indian. Rishi's cool, foreign demeanor triggers distrust in Anjali and her mother. But for Anjali, he also stirs something else, a powerful attraction she hasn't felt in a decade. And the feeling is mutual. . .
Love disappointed Anjali once before and she's vowed to live without itâ??though Rishi is slowly melting her resolve and, as the shop regains its footing, gaining her trust. But when a secret from Rishi's past is revealed, Anjali must turn to her family and her strong cultural upbringing to guide her in finding the truth. . .
Praise for Shobhan Bantwal and her novels. . .
"Compelling and memorable." â??Mary Jo Putney on The Forbidden Daughter
"Vivid, rich. . .expertly portrays a young woman caught between love and duty, hope and despair." â??Anjali Banerjee on The Dowry Bride
"Splendidly depicts passion, brutality, and cultures in conflict."â??Dorothy Garlock on The Dowry Bride
"The Dowry Bride is an eye-opener to the challenges many Indian women face in a culture few foreigners comprehend. â??ArmchairInterviews.com, 4 stars on The Dowry Bride
"A beautifully written book. . .Wonderful, vivid, and worth reading."â??BookIdeas.com on The Dowry Bride
"An amazing story of modern India."â??The Kaleidoscope on

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