The release date for the English version of 'Brick Lane' by
Monica Ali is Jun 2004. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Nazneen is transferred to London after being forced into an arranged marriage to Chanu, a man twenty years older than her, leaving her family and heart behind in the Bangladeshi town of her birth. Mysteries abound in her new environment. How is she going to cross the road without being struck by a vehicle, which is like trying to dodge monsoon raindrops? What is the reason for her intimidating her neighbor, Mrs. Islam? What is an Angel of Hell? And how is she supposed to console the gullible and deluded Chanu?
Nazneen tries hard to be a nice Muslim girl and not wonder why things happen. She devoted her life to her spouse and kids and submits to fate as necessary. To her surprise, however, she strikes up a romantic relationship with a dashing young radical, and her sensual awakening upends her previously held beliefs.
In this wonderful book by Monica Ali, the amazing and the terrible swirl together on both internal and outward travels.