![]() Copies of the book (as well as of Erotic Stories, for the uninitiated!) will be on sale at the event. ![]() The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters follows the three estranged Shergill Sisters from Britain to India, in a quest to carry out the last rites of their mother. In her debut novel, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, for instance, Jaswal delves deep into the secrets and prejudice within a Sikh community in London. Intrigued? Those are the stories of award-winning Singaporean novelist Balli Kaur Jaswal, author of four books: Inheritance, Sugarbread, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows and, most recently, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters. Her work has been devoured both locally and internationally – with Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows selected as the March 2018 pick for Reese Witherspoon’s bookclub, Hello Sunshine.ĪWARE will be hosting Balli on 4 July for a conversation about her latest work, as well as the feminist ideas that underpin all her writing, with its focus on sexuality, gender roles and race. Courtesy of Harper Collins Balli Kaur Jaswal's books don't always deal with the easiest of subject matter. In 1971, a teenage girl disappears from her home, coming back a different person. A young girl searches for clues in her mother’s cooking. Corazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipina domestic workerspart of the wave of women sent to Singapore to be cleaners, maids, and caregivers in its decadent homes. ![]() ![]() ![]() A self-described “modern woman” teaches a creative writing class to Sikh widows. Three estranged sisters take a pilgrimage to India. ![]()
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