The Wedding Season

 The Wedding Season

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       November 26, 2014

 

Author  Su Dharmapala

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ISBN:                 978-107-318-1560-9
Publisher:         Simon & Schuster
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When you are Sri Lankan, born in Australia, and according to your mother more than ready, if not nearly past your use by date, for the up and coming marriage season, as per the traditions upheld in the Sri Lankan community, then you really have to become pretty adept at still honouring your parents, while all the while living your own life.

Meet Shani: young, gorgeous, successful, owns her own home and believes in living life to the full, in spite of her mother’s better efforts to marry her off to the first likely marriageable man who comes along.

Filled with fun, angst, a parade of ever hopefuls chasing after Shani in the marriage stakes, we take a romp through the many hazards of multiculturalism only to discover that life is not a dress rehearsal it is the real thing! So you really should grab the moment, Shouldn’t you!

Along the way we are introduced to the intricacies of true friendship, love and challenge, treacherousness of work mates on the way up and as it turns out down, unrequited love and serious cultural baggage.

Well written and totally entertaining , Dhamapala brings to life the many and varied facets of life in an Sri Lankan/Aussie  family which often resembles one of the better Bollywood movies;,Sari’s, curry, cricket, love and all, along with the family astrologer just adding complete confusion to the mix.

Fiction