The Weight Loss Club
The Curious Experiments of Nancy Housing Cooperative
Published on 1. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-81-291-2425-8 (ISBN)
Description
Set in a middle-class housing colony, this is the story of stay-at-home mum Monalisa, who cannot clean the kitchen counter enough times; Meera, who is bullied constantly by her traditional mother-in-law; college-going Abeer, who isn't sure how to impress the glamorous Mandy; academic Aparajita, who has no takers on the marriage mart; philosopher Ananda, whom no one takes seriously; and Treeza, a former school secretary now sunk in gloom. Into their midst arrives Oxford-returned Sandhya: half hippie, half saadhvi, full spiritual guru. Under her aegis is formed The Weight Loss Club, throwing the lives of our heroes and heroines into utter and delightful disarray.
But while chemistry brews and equations change, one question remains: who is Brahmacharini Sandhya, and why on earth has she moved into Nancy Housing Cooperative?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-81-291-2425-8 (9788129124258)
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Devapriya Roy has degrees in English literature and performance studies from Presidency College, Calcutta and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where she is pursuing a PhD on the Natyashastra (at least, that is what she says when asked what she does). Once upon a time, she was the Keo Karpin girl. Her first novel, The Vague Woman's Handbook, was published in 2011. She is currently working on The Heat and Dust Project, the story of a quirky journey through India on an extreme budget, along with her husband, Saurav Jha.