A review by sandiet
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

5.0

A story of family, duty, honour, mystery and finding your own way in a cultural society determined to follow the old ways. Nikki lives in London and does everything that goes against her Sikh upbringing. She's dropped out of law school, works in a pub, lives on her own upstairs of that pub and she drinks and smokes. She's doing okay but she blames herself for her father's death. When she discovers her Mom and sister are struggling financially to maintain the family home she decides to help by taking a job at the community centre. What she thought was going to be a creative writing course turns out to be one of teaching Punjabi widows how to read & write. The widows however don't want to learn to read & write, they want to tell their stories. With vivid imaginations running amok the widows tell their erotic stories and show a side of themselves to Nikki that she comes to embrace (after her initial shock). A wonderful story of forgiveness, friendship and of course there's a love story or two. Thoroughly enjoyed the narration as well. Well worth the read.