Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
by Balli Kaur Jaswal
4/5 stars
⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book is about a young British girl, Nikki, who is trying to find her way in life, and take on teaching what she thinks is going to be a creative writing workshop for Punjabi women, hoping to do some feminist consciousness-raising. She is surprised to find out the organizer means for her to actually teach the women how to read, beginning with ABC's and then the women themselves, who are all widows, give the workshop a decidedly different turn.
With fun, well-told erotic stories, a mystery and a love story sprinkled in between, this is a delightful and fast read, as well as being a fascinating glimpse into a different culture.
The writing is lovely, and very descriptive, painting a great word picture for the reader. In addition, the mystery aspect plays out well, without giving everything away too early as many do. I also loved the aspect of using the widows to tell the stories, how they still have so much yearning and love, with no one to bestow it upon. The viral character of how the stories grow was tons of fun.
I recommend this highly- so fun, read it, you'll love it!
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