num_pages: 288
description: Lucky and her husband Krishna are gay. They present an illusion of marital bliss to their conservative Sri LankanAmerican families while each dates on the side. Its not ideal but for Lucky it seems to be working. She goes out dancing she drinks a bit she makes ends meet by doing digital art on commission. But when Luckys grandmother has a nasty fall Lucky returns to her childhood home and unexpectedly reconnects with her former best friend and first lover Nisha who is preparing for her own arranged wedding with a man shes never met.As the connection between the two women is rekindled Lucky tries to save Nisha from entering a marriage based on a lie. But does Nisha really want to be saved? And after a decades worth of lying can Lucky break free of her own circumstances and build a new life? Is she willing to walk away from all that she values about her parents and community to live in a new truth? As Luckyan outsider no matter what choices she makesis pushed to the breaking point Marriage of a Thousand Lies offers a vivid exploration of a life lived at a complex intersection of race sexuality and nationality. The result is a profoundly American debut novel shot through with humor and loss a story of love family and the truths that define us all.
language: English
title: Marriage of a Thousand Lies
publisher: Soho Press