Meera Syal reads Monica Ali’s first new novel for a decade, a bighearted and hilarious story of two very different families brought together by marriage.
Yasmin Ghorami has a brilliant career in medicine, and is engaged to a charming junior doctor. But as their wedding approaches, and the two families are thrown together, they all find themselves confronting long-held and dark secrets.
Today: Yasmin is confused over her feelings for Joe, and by his unorthodox relationship with his mother....
Author: Monica Ali
Reader: Meera Syal
Abridger: Katrin Williams
Producer: Justine Willett Show less