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    "description": "<p>The first new novel in a decade from the bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of BRICK LANE<br /><br />'Bold, compassionate, big-hearted, pitch-perfectly written, and utterly unputdownable' Neel Mukherjee, Booker Prize shortlisted author of THE LIVES OF OTHERS<br /><br />Yasmin Ghorami has a lot to be grateful for: a loving family, a fledgling career in medicine, and a charming, handsome fianc&eacute;e, fellow doctor Joe Sangster.<br /><br />But as the wedding day draws closer and Yasmin's parents get to know Joe's firebrand feminist mother, both families must confront the unravelling of long-held secrets, lies and betrayals.<br /><br />As Yasmin dismantles her own assumptions about the people she holds most dear, she's also forced to ask herself what she really wants in a relationship and what a 'love marriage' actually means. <br /><br />Love Marriage is a story about who we are and how we love today - with all the complications and contradictions of life, desire, marriage and family. What starts as a captivating social comedy develops into a heart-breaking and gripping story of two cultures, two families and two people trying to understand one another.</p>",
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