A few years wiser, Maha is back – and living in the palatial home of her in-laws, the well-to-do Patels. But it’s not quite the happily-ever-after she thought it would be, and her husband, Sameer, that very “Suitable Boy”, seems just a tad too distracted . . .

When Maha discovers her husband’s infidelity she demands a divorce, risking the stern disapproval of the entire community and devastating her grandparents.

SUMAYYA LEE was born in April 1970 in Durban, to a Muslim family of Indian origin. After moving as a young children to the UK while her father studied dentistry she returned home to life in a typical extended family, at a time when the family home had already been relocated (due to the South African Group Areas Act) to a newly developing suburb called Westville. After a career as a teacher of young children, and a failed first marriage and life as a single mother, she found her perfect job, teaching English language to adults. While furthering her career by studying and teaching EFL in London, she met the man who is now her husband and the reason she is living in London and finally able to fulfill her dream of writing.