Thirty-seven year old Anjali is a New Jersey shop owner and
widow. When she discovers that the family store is in
financial trouble, she is sick with misery. Her misery
increases upon learning her demanding, penny-pinching uncle
Jeevan is coming from India to help save the store. That
misery turns into shock when Uncle Jeevan arrives with an
attractive stranger in tow.
Rishi Shah is Jeevan's business partner, and their personal
relationship is unclear and mysterious, but he's a financial
whiz come to apply his business acumen to saving Anjali's
Silk and Sapphires. To do so, Anjali must learn to trust
him, despite her misgivings, both professionally and personally.
THE SARI SHOP WIDOW is the second book I've had the pleasure
to read by Ms. Bantwal. This one examines Indian culture as
lived on the shores of Edison, New Jersey. Again, Ms.
Bantwal provides a picture window into a culture that many
may consider mysterious and cloaked behind an ever-present
façade of polite reserve. The developing romance between
Anjali and Rishi is delicately woven, sensitive to the
timidity of a young widow and to the propriety of a British
businessman. When it begins to heat up, the reader takes a
leap of faith with the inexperienced Anjali, and just like
her, forgets about the lover who kept her company until
Rishi's arrival complicated her life.
I gladly recommend THE SARI SHOP WIDOW, an endearing story
of romance between two people from different cultures who
regain their faith in the possibility of lifelong love.
Pungent curry…sweet fried onions…incense…colorful beads…
lush fabrics. Shobhan Bantwal's compelling new novel is
set on the streets of Edison, New Jersey's Little India,
where a young businesswoman rediscovers the magic of love
and family…
Since becoming a widow at age twenty-seven,
Anjali Kapadia has devoted herself to transforming her
parents' sari shop into a chic boutique, brimming with
exquisite jewelry and clothing. Now, ten years later, it
stands out like a proud maharani amid Edison's bustling
Little India. But when Anjali learns the shop is on the
brink of bankruptcy, she feels her world unraveling…
To
the rescue comes Anjali's wealthy, dictatorial Uncle
Jeevan and his business partner, Rishi Shah--a mysterious
Londoner, complete with British accent, cool gray eyes,
and skin so fair it makes it hard to believe he's Indian.
Rishi's cool, foreign demeanor triggers distrust in Anjali
and her mother. But for Anjali, he also stirs something
else, a powerful attraction she hasn't felt in a decade.
And the feeling is mutual…
Love disappointed Anjali once
before and she's vowed to live without it...though Rishi is
slowly melting her resolve and, as the shop regains its
footing, gaining her trust. But when a secret from Rishi's
past is revealed, Anjali must turn to her family and her
strong cultural upbringing to guide her in finding the
truth...
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