Review: Great sequel to this heart breaking story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2013
"Shattered Dreams: The arranged marriage II" by Jyotsna Ramani begins where the first part left us: the morning after the wedding. Our heroine Radha is left with a poor and lazy family who tricked her by false pretences into this love-less marriage.Still dreaming of Anurag, who lives in London, she has to decide whether or not to tell her parents about being tricked by her in-laws. The author shows well the moral and cultural implications of such a revelation and the big step it represents in the Indian way of thinking.The book introduces a change of perspective and shows us Anurag and his life in London.Once again Ramani has written a soul full and touching chapter in Radha's saga and left me wondering and hoping what will happen with Radha and Anurag. Radha is written so real and likeable, it is almost impossible not to feel for her and wish her well.A really well written story, told in a nicely understated way, which makes it all the more powerful to me.