The Unlikely Adventures Of The Shergill Sisters


The Unlikely Adventures Of The Shergill Sisters

Author

Balli Kaur Jaswal

Language

ENGLISH

Item Type

Book

Book No

BT22017

Location

F1-R2S2

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The British-born Punjabi Shergill sisters-Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia-were never close and barely got along growing up, and now as adults, have grown even further apart. Rajni, a school principal is a stickler for order. Jezmeen, a thirty-year-old struggling actress, fears her big break may never come. Shirina, the peacemaking 'good' sister married into wealth and enjoys a picture-perfect life. On her deathbed, their mother voices one last that her daughters will make a pilgrimage together to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to carry out her final rites. After a trip to India with her mother long ago, Rajni vowed never to return. But she's always been a dutiful daughter, and cannot, even now, refuse her mother's request. Jezmeen has just been publicly fired from her television job, so the trip to India is a welcome break to help her pick up the pieces of her broken career. Shirina's in-laws are pushing her to make a pivotal decision about her married life; time away will help her decide whether to meekly obey, or to bravely stand up for herself for the first time. Arriving in India, these sisters will make unexpected discoveries about themselves, their mother, and their lives-and learn the real story behind the trip Rajni took with their Mother long ago-a momentous journey that resulted in Mum never being able to return to India again. Powerful, emotionally evocative, and wonderfully atmospheric, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters is a charming and thoughtful story that illuminates the bonds of family, sisterhood, and heritage that tether us despite our differences. Funny and heartbreaking, it is a reminder of the truly important things we must treasure in our lives.