Broadly speaking, Singaporean author Balli Kaur Jaswal's third novel, Erotic stories for Punjabi widows, reminds me of Anita Heiss' choclit books like Paris dreaming (my review). By this I mean it presents as an escapist romcom genre novel but within it is some serious intent. In this case it relates to the oppression of women, … Continue reading Balli Kaur Jaswal, Erotic stories for Punjabi widows (#BookReview)
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Sharlene Teo, Ponti (Guest post by Rosalind Moran) (#BookReview)
Last year as in the two previous years of the ACT Litbloggers/New Territory program, I offered the participants the opportunity to write a guest post for my blog. As a result Emma Gibson wrote a post on Randolph Stow's Tourmaline, while Amy Walters suggested we do a 2018 Year in Review posts on each other's … Continue reading Sharlene Teo, Ponti (Guest post by Rosalind Moran) (#BookReview)
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