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Tender Hooks (2011)

by Moni Mohsin(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Ebury Press/Random House India

series

Social Butterfly

review 1: I've read Moni Mohsin before and loved her books. The first of hers that I read was , 'The End of Innocence', a beautifully narrated, heart wrenching story. The second one was a hilarious take on society ladies in Pakistan. Such completely different books, and yet both so beautifully handled. Just goes to show the calibre of the author, is all I can say. Needless to say, when I saw another book by Moni Mohsin, I knew I had to grab it.Our protagonist is a wealthy socialite in Lahore, married to a man, Janoo, who has rather different interests from her, and a fifteen year old son, Kulchoo. She's got a problem though, her aunt Pussy, yes, you read that right, has asked her to find a 'suitable girl from a good bagground'.Thanks God, my bore-but-rich cousin Jonkers has been dum... moreped by his wife - a low-class, slutty, secretary. My aunts is so happy you can't even imagine. Now she wants her darling son to marry again, and quickly. But this to a suitable girl from an old family. Only problem is, she wants me to find her.A deliciously wicked book about how she finds herself riding a roller coaster ride finding her cousin a wife. Of course she comes across all sorts of hassles, starting from her husband who wants her to leave Jonkers alone and let him find his own wife, and other things like maids who choose to go to Abu Dhabi rather than work for her, or the Taliban who prevent her from having luxurious facials, the life of a busy socialite is so much tougher than we could have ever imagined!As I said before, a wicked book. I absolutely loved the satire. A book that had me chuckling away, snorting with laughter every now and again. A book that I would have finished in one sitting if only I didn't have other things like work and life coming in the way. An absolutely delight of a book, one it would definitely recommend. Pick it up and laugh away.
review 2: I simply whizzed through this. It's better than the first one, which read more like a collection of newspaper columns, whereas this actually has a shape and a plot. It's easier for an outsider to engage with as well, because there's less Urdu in it. She's absolutely brilliant at creating character and it's 100% more interesting and entertaining than that bloody Edward Docx book that I gave up on! In some places it genuinely made me laugh out loud. My only reservation would be that in the serious bits (the car incident, the visit to Jonker's prospective in-laws, her moments of intimacy with Janoo) she drops the narrator's voice and a different voice comes through, which is a shame because it spoils the illusion. But otherwise absolutely spiffing! I'd love to see the movie of this, if they ever make it. I want to see all these characters and scenes on screen. less

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