Brick Lane by Monica Ali is a novel about Bangladeshi immigrant families living in London. Nazneen, married to a man twenty years older and living in London, leaves her small village in Bangladesh and leaves behind everything she knows for a new life that she doesn't understand. She speaks very little English, and hardly leaves the apartment, yet somehow, slowly she begins an internal journey that is even greater than the external journey she has already made.
Her sister stays behind and marries for love, then struggles though many hardships. Part of the book is written in letters between Nazneen and her sister. A beautifully written, powerful novel that unfolds slowly and draws you in, as Nazneen navigates her way between accepting her fate and making her own choices. A good read.
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