Named a Best Book of 2022 So Far by The New Yorker!
“Cultural clashes, political satire, Oedipal conflicts, elegant prose—they’re all here in this romp of a book.” —Oprah Daily
A Phenomenal Book Club Pick and a New York Times Book Review Group Text Selection, Love Marriage is a glorious moving novel from Booker Prize shortlisted Monica Ali, who has “an inborn generosity that cannot be learned” (The New York Times Book Review).
In present-day London, Yasmin Ghorami is twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-born father), and engaged to the charismatic, upper-class Joe Sangster, whose formidable mother, Harriet, is a famous feminist. The gulf between families is vast. So, too, is the gulf in sexual experience between Yasmin and Joe.
As the wedding day draws near, misunderstandings, infidelities, and long-held secrets upend both Yasmin’s relationship and that of her parents, a “love marriage,” according to the family lore that Yasmin has believed all her life.
A gloriously acute observer of class, sexual mores, and the mysteries of the human heart, Monica Ali has written a “riveting” (BookPage, starred review) social comedy and a moving, revelatory story of two cultures, two families, and two people trying to understand one another that’s “sure to please Ali’s fans and win some new ones” (Publishers Weekly).
“Quick footed and absorbing… The playful clash of cultures evolves into a subtle exploration of the ways in which both immigrant and nonimmigrant families have shaped their children, transmitting unexplored trauma across generations.”
—The New Yorker
“Cultural clashes, political satire, Oedipal conflicts, elegant prose—they’re all here in this romp of a book.”
—Hamilton Cain, Oprah Daily
“Ali successfully skewers everyone—white feminists, children of immigrants, overconfident male doctors…funny and satisfying.”
—Jenny Singer, Glamour
“An absorbing and meaty exploration of love, family and culture...”
—Carole V. Bell, NPR
“Such lively characters, they practically waltz off the page to hand readers save-the-date cards… I came to care deeply about this flawed pair, whose destiny Ali unfurls with obvious glee and a touch of poetry.”
—Elisabeth Egan, The New York Times Book Review
