A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian

I keeping finding myself reading books written by Indian women. They are so interesting and the cultural information I just absorb like crazy. This book by Anne Cherian is about a woman who is considered an old maid in her town in India because she is 30 and never chosen for marriage even though she has been pranced in front of a lot of men. She is smart, well read, English teacher at a university. Still lives at home of course and her mother is overbearing. An arranged marriage takes place with a doctor who is called home to India because his grandfather is dying. This turns out to be a hoax after the arrangements are made. He has a girlfriend in California and returns with his Indian wife. I won't say anymore but it is a great book!