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  • WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT ZOYA? by Anisha Bhatia, read by Shazia Nicholls - audiobook extract
    In this hilarious comedy of manners set in Mumbai, where modernity jostles with tradition, Balli Kaur Jaswal's Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows meets Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians.
    Modernity jostles with tradition in this romantic comedy as Zoya must choose between her family's expectations and the opportunity of a lifetime.
    Zoya is not a perfect Indian daughter. She's overweight, independent and unmarried in a society that values slim, obedient women.
    And at 26, she is hurtling towards her expiration date in Mumbai's arranged marriage super-mart. But when her family's matchmaking finally works, everything seems to be on the up - all until she is offered a dream job in New York City.
    Zoya must now make the choice of a lifetime, but not without a few cultural casualties and, of course, an accidental love story along the way....
    6 min
  • WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT ZOYA? by Anisha Bhatia, read by Shazia Nicholls - audiobook extract
    In this hilarious comedy of manners set in Mumbai, where modernity jostles with tradition, Balli Kaur Jaswal's Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows meets Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians.
    Modernity jostles with tradition in this romantic comedy as Zoya must choose between her family's expectations and the opportunity of a lifetime.
    Zoya is not a perfect Indian daughter. She's overweight, independent and unmarried in a society that values slim, obedient women.
    And at 26, she is hurtling towards her expiration date in Mumbai's arranged marriage super-mart. But when her family's matchmaking finally works, everything seems to be on the up - all until she is offered a dream job in New York City.
    Zoya must now make the choice of a lifetime, but not without a few cultural casualties and, of course, an accidental love story along the way....
    6 min
  • KEEP THE RECEIPTS by Tolani Shoneye, Audrey Indome & Milena Sanchez
    This book is all the conversations and advice you've had in the club toilet, finally in one place.
    Crying over that situationship and needing someone to remind you you're a bad bitch?
    In a dilemma with your friends and not sure the best way forward?
    Can't figure out how to dump the boyfriend who has never made you orgasm?
    The Receipts girls have got you!
    Join your girl Tolly T, Audrey, formerly known as Ghana's Finest, and your mamacita Milena Sanchez as they get super honest about their life experiences and lessons. From their different approaches to love to their wise advice on building strong friendships; from those conversations about sex we never have, to how to enjoy life as a Black woman or a woman of colour, The Receipts girls always keep it real, authentic and fiercely funny.
    This book is a celebration of the wonderful messes, mistakes, successes, highs and lows of three audacious women who are still trying to get it right and live their best lives.
    It's time to normalise women sharing things with zero judgement, to embrace women for all their flaws and differences and to realise being completely yourself is the best thing you could possibly be.
    This is the sisterhood you've always wanted to be a part of.
    3 min
  • KEEP THE RECEIPTS by Tolani Shoneye, Audrey Indome & Milena Sanchez
    This book is all the conversations and advice you've had in the club toilet, finally in one place.
    Crying over that situationship and needing someone to remind you you're a bad bitch?
    In a dilemma with your friends and not sure the best way forward?
    Can't figure out how to dump the boyfriend who has never made you orgasm?
    The Receipts girls have got you!
    Join your girl Tolly T, Audrey, formerly known as Ghana's Finest, and your mamacita Milena Sanchez as they get super honest about their life experiences and lessons. From their different approaches to love to their wise advice on building strong friendships; from those conversations about sex we never have, to how to enjoy life as a Black woman or a woman of colour, The Receipts girls always keep it real, authentic and fiercely funny.
    This book is a celebration of the wonderful messes, mistakes, successes, highs and lows of three audacious women who are still trying to get it right and live their best lives.
    It's time to normalise women sharing things with zero judgement, to embrace women for all their flaws and differences and to realise being completely yourself is the best thing you could possibly be.
    This is the sisterhood you've always wanted to be a part of.
    3 min
  • KEEP THE RECEIPTS by Tolani Shoneye, Audrey Indome & Milena Sanchez
    This book is all the conversations and advice you've had in the club toilet, finally in one place.
    Crying over that situationship and needing someone to remind you you're a bad bitch?
    In a dilemma with your friends and not sure the best way forward?
    Can't figure out how to dump the boyfriend who has never made you orgasm?
    The Receipts girls have got you!
    Join your girl Tolly T, Audrey, formerly known as Ghana's Finest, and your mamacita Milena Sanchez as they get super honest about their life experiences and lessons. From their different approaches to love to their wise advice on building strong friendships; from those conversations about sex we never have, to how to enjoy life as a Black woman or a woman of colour, The Receipts girls always keep it real, authentic and fiercely funny.
    This book is a celebration of the wonderful messes, mistakes, successes, highs and lows of three audacious women who are still trying to get it right and live their best lives.
    It's time to normalise women sharing things with zero judgement, to embrace women for all their flaws and differences and to realise being completely yourself is the best thing you could possibly be.
    This is the sisterhood you've always wanted to be a part of.
    2 min
  • KEEP THE RECEIPTS by Tolani Shoneye, Audrey Indome & Milena Sanchez
    This book is all the conversations and advice you've had in the club toilet, finally in one place.
    Crying over that situationship and needing someone to remind you you're a bad bitch?
    In a dilemma with your friends and not sure the best way forward?
    Can't figure out how to dump the boyfriend who has never made you orgasm?
    The Receipts girls have got you!
    Join your girl Tolly T, Audrey, formerly known as Ghana's Finest, and your mamacita Milena Sanchez as they get super honest about their life experiences and lessons. From their different approaches to love to their wise advice on building strong friendships; from those conversations about sex we never have, to how to enjoy life as a Black woman or a woman of colour, The Receipts girls always keep it real, authentic and fiercely funny.
    This book is a celebration of the wonderful messes, mistakes, successes, highs and lows of three audacious women who are still trying to get it right and live their best lives.
    It's time to normalise women sharing things with zero judgement, to embrace women for all their flaws and differences and to realise being completely yourself is the best thing you could possibly be.
    This is the sisterhood you've always wanted to be a part of.
    2 min
  • TWO HITLERS AND A MARILYN written and read by Adam Andrusier - Audiobook Extract
    'I love this book. It is wise, funny, surprising, touching, and wonderful company.' Jonathan Safran Foer
    'A comic and poignant memoir about growing up in the suburbs, fandom, stalking Ronnie Barker, and much more. A funny, moving read.' Zadie Smith
    'At times hilarious, at others heartbreaking, Andrusier's memoir provides a fascinating insight into obsession.' John Boyne
    'Hilarious and moving.' David Baddiel
    "I'd managed to puncture a hole between our universe and the parallel one where all the celebrities lived."
    Adam Andrusier spent his childhood in pursuit of autographs. After writing to every famous person he could think of, from Frank Sinatra to Colonel Gaddafi, he soon jostled with the paparazzi at stage doors and came face-to-face with the most famous people on the planet.
    For young Adam, autographs were a backstage pass to a world beyond his chaotic family home in Pinner, and his Holocaust-obsessed father. They provided a special connection to a world of glamour and significance lying just beyond his reach.
    But as Adam turned from collector to dealer, learning how to spot a fake from the real deal, he discovered that in life, as in autographs, not everything is as it first appears. When your obsession is a search for the authentic, what happens when you discover fraudulence in your own family?
    Two Hitlers and a Marilyn is a hilarious and moving account of discovering that idols are mortals. It's a story of growing up, forgiveness and discovering a place in the world.
    'Madcap and thoroughly engaging, Adam Andrusier's vivid memoir brings to mind the early Philip Roth. This is a book of antic comedy that resonates and intrigues.' Lisa Appignanesi
    'A fabulously interesting book and incredibly pleasurable to read. Very funny and strangely entrancing. It is about so much, but effortlessly.' Adam Phillips
    'Adam Andrusier has created that rare thing: a memoir which delivers the coming-of-age but also reaches far beyond. The writing here about family is excellent, the characters and scenes memorable, but from the first they're engaged also in a history. Two Hitlers and a Marilyn takes in the world as widely as possible, always searching for significance and connection.' David Vann
    'Beautifully written.' Maureen Lipman
    3 min

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