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Family Planning (2008)

by Karan Mahajan(Favorite Author)

3.09 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

006153725X (ISBN13: 9780061537257)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: Not a great book but did have its moments. It is the story of an Indian politician, his oldest son and his other twelve children. The son's story revolves around his quest to impress a girl by convincing her that he plays in a band. His interaction with friends and family is funny and points out the fickleness of young love. At the same time his father's story revolves around the tragic story of his true love and the arranged marriage that follows her death. Parts of the book's descriptions of the bride switching,the resignations, the traffic flyover to nowhere, the protests regarding a killed soap opera character and the sibling dynamics of a large family kept me reading but the ending was flat and I never really could like the father character. I mostly felt sorry for hi... mores second wife.
review 2: Not my style. Some interesting plot elements based in relationships: a father fumbling as he tries to figure out how to reveal the past to his firstborn son, who is now a teenager; the son, fumbling as he tries to create a rock band to impress his crush; the stepmother, who's never known someone who loves her. Set in modern-day India against the crazy machinations of a corrupt government bureaucracy. less

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