I Wish We Weren't Related: A hilarious novel about who we become when we go back to our family home
By (Author) Radhika Sanghani
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Review
31st October 2023
6th July 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Interior life
Narrative theme: Social issues
823.92
Paperback
448
Width 128mm, Height 194mm, Spine 34mm
320g
FOURTEEN DAYS, THREE SISTERS AND THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
'A heartwarming novel' Sheila O'Flanagan, bestselling author of Three Weddings and a Proposal'Hilariously funny, totally heartfelt and completely original' Laura Price, author of Single Bald Female-----Reeva Mehta is thriving. Consumed in her career as one of London's top divorce lawyers, she doesn't bat an eyelid when her mum calls to tell her that her dad is dead. Because he's been dead since she was five . . . hasn't heIf finding out her dad was alive - until last week - wasn't bad enough, his last request was for his daughters to spend fourteen days in mourning at his house. Which means Reeva must spend a fortnight stuck with the people who betrayed her when she needed them the most - her sisters. Navigating her absent Bollywood megastar mother, newly dead father and scheming sisters with only a temperamental boyfriend - and even more temperamental cat - by her side, it's no wonder Reeva's hair is falling out. Could confronting the truth help the Mehtas put aside their differences, or will attending a funeral be the death of this family A fresh, funny and oh-so-relatable novel about trying to be the grown up when your magnificently messy family seems set to sabotage everything. Get ready to laugh, cry and fall in love with this addictive read.Readers ADORE Radhika Sanghani's novels:'So good! Funny, fresh, touching' JANE FALLON'Fresh and joyful . . . Essential reading' STYLIST'Funny and charming' PANDORA SYKES'Warm, witty . . . A perfect read' RED'Charming' NELL FRIZZELL'Witty, relatable and heartwarming' EMMA GANNON'Lovely, funny, life-affirming - a treat!' LAUREN BRAVO'Felt like a big, warm hug!' LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN'Heartwarming and uplifting' NIKKI MAYI absolutely LOVED I Wish We Weren't Related! It's hilariously funny, totally heartfelt and completely original - a perfect comedy about family, sisterhood and self-discovery. I learned so much about Hindu culture and really related to the stresses of dealing with difficult friendships, family drama and alopecia to boot. Radhika Sanghani is a huge talent! -- Laura Price, author of Single Bald Female
A heartwarming novel about families and how to survive them -- Sheila O'Flanagan, bestselling author of Three Weddings and a Proposal
I absolutely loved it! It was like a glorious warm hug of a book! -- Harriet Minter
Radhika Sanghani is an award-winning features journalist, an influential body positivity campaigner and a 2020 BBC Writers Room graduate. She writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Elle, Guardian, Grazia, Glamour and Cosmopolitan; was recently featured in Italian Vogue as well as BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, and is a regular guest on Sky News and Good Morning Britain. She has previously written two YA novels: Virgin and Not That Easy. Radhika is also a TEDx speaker on body positivity, a yoga teacher, and she runs a charity initiative with Age UK fighting loneliness in older women.