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Mama Tandoori
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Publisher Price: $23.95
ISBN13: 9781947534537
Publisher: Scribe Us
Published: Feb 5 2019
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
The funniest and most moving book I have read this year.
-Herman Koch
A big-hearted, hilarious family saga, featuring an overbearing yet loving Indian mother, a strait-laced Dutch father, an uncle who is a Bollywood star, and a talented heptathlete.
'It wasn't uncommon in my childhood for roti to be off the menu, because the rolling pin was broken again.'
Ernest van der Kwast's childhood is peopled by an array of colourful characters: from his strait-laced Dutch father, to Bollywood star Uncle Sharma, to talented heptathlete Aunt Jasleen.
But it is his overbearing yet loving Indian mother who is at the beating heart of this big-hearted, hilarious family saga. Veena van der Kwast is a woman with an iron will, hilarious directness, and a talent for haggling. Armed with her trusty rolling pin, every man she meets is eventually beaten to submission -- especially her husband and three sons.
Intriguing, surprising, and moving in equal measure, this novel inspired by a very unusual family will make you smile from beginning to end.
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