Sari, Not Sari
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Sonya Singh
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER This delightful debut rom-com follows the adventures of a woman trying to connect with her South Asian roots and introduces readers to a memorable cast of characters in a veritable feast of food, family traditions, and fun.Manny Dogra is the beautiful young CEO of Breakup, a highly successful company that helps people manage their relationship breakups. As preoccupied as she is with her business, she’s also planning her wedding to handsome architect Adam Jamieson while dealing with the loss of her beloved parents. For reasons Manny has never understood, her mother and father, who were both born in India, always wanted her to become an “All-American” girl. So that’s what she did. She knows next to nothing about her South Asian heritage, and that’s never been a problem—until her parents are no longer around, and an image of Manny that’s been Photoshopped to make her skin look more white appears on a major magazine cover. Suddenly, the woman who built an empire encouraging people to be true to themselves is having her own identity crisis. But when an irritating client named Sammy Patel approaches Manny with an odd breakup request, the perfect solution presents itself: If they both agree to certain terms, he’ll give her a crash course in being “Indian” at his brother’s wedding. What follows is days of dancing and dal, masala and mehndi as Manny meets the lovable, if endlessly interfering, aunties and uncles of the Patel family, and, along the way, discovers much more than she could ever have anticipated.
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Author
Sonya Singh
Pages
304
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2022-04-05
ISBN
1982185929 9781982185923
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"Couldn’t make it through this millennial book "
Paula Tilley
"Manny Dogra is a young up-and-coming CEO of Breakup. Her company helps people navigate difficult separations through tactful emails. While juggling break-up requests she is also trying to plan a wedding with her fiancee, Adam Jamieson and mourning the death of her parents.<br/><br/>Although Manny is an Indian-American woman she knows nothing of her Indian heritage. For reasons unclear to her, Manny's parents raised her to be an All-American girl. Not knowing about her Indian culture never really bothered Manny until she sees her skin lightened almost beyond recognition on the cover of a magazine. <br/><br/>The magazine cover and an unusual break-up request from a potential client, Sammy Patel, leads Manny to strike a deal. In exchange for Sammy taking her to his brother's wedding festivities and teaching her about their culture she will help him take temporary break from his girlfriend, Lisa.<br/><br/>While attending the week long wedding party Manny learns more than she ever hoped about herself, chosen family and of course what it means to be Indian.<br/><br/>Sari, Not Sari is a sweet look into family and friends who become family. Overall it was an enjoyable read; however I wish we were able to explore more issues introduced in the story. Manny's discovery into her magazine cover was glossed over and I would have loved to see her delve more deeply into that situation. I also hoped to find out more about the fallout from the situation with Lisa instead of the rushed ending. <br/><br/>**I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.<br/><br/>"
Brandi C
