The Wedding
Ken Gilmour
, Natasha Andres
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Pat Johnston
, Barry Kazimer
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Agnes Marshall
, Cheryl Johnson
, Judith Pearson
, Katie Macalister
, Ms Bookmarked
, Louise Walsh
, Jude Castillo
, Holly Elisabeth
, Ariane Béland
, Marilyn Stanley
, Trish Bowering
, Beth Dekoker
, Tanya Blake
, Patricia Johnson
, Sandra Furlotte
, Sharon Forzley
, Hilary Squires
, Anne Baldo
, Meghan Barton
, Randi Ann Doll
, Noelle Walsh
, Brittney Warren
, Virginia Reddin
, Dorothy Wong
, Lynn Andrews
, Linda Leitch
, Dorothy Wong
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Deana Bueley
, Hana Iudin
, cassandra schiemann
, Carson Loveless
, Joseph Chirayil
, Jane McRobb
, Alanna Virtue
, Karen Kendrick
, Malgosia Mikula
, Sarah Schwartz
, Joshua Lewis
, Laurie Burns
, Lindsey Drake
, Allison Dube
, MJ Malleck
, Andrea Pole
, Tina May
, Caley Clements
, Mary Therrien
, Tanis Anne
, Reilly Robson
, Rita O'Sullivan
, Russell Reitsema
, Janice Cournoyer
, Louise Buckmaster
, diana kirkwood
, Cherryl Koylass
, Paris Semansky
, Beth Pollock
, Kim Cappellina
, Anita Cyr
, Sarah Dalton
, GLORIA KONELSKY
, Keltey Buchko
, Amy Cieslak
, Kate Rutter
, LISA NELSON
, Brian Yee
, Shelley Gibbs
, jane luce
, Susan Hughes
, joy mills
, Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Margaret McKay
, Wayne Harrigan
, Christine Lion
, Ellen Clarke
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, dawn houldey
, Margaret Palmer
, Chantal Vulker
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Lisa Mallia
, Maria Mclean
, Joe Titone
, Melanie Solar
, Patricia McKeown
, Dietra Reid
, Rachel Edmonds
, Kathryn Galan
, Wendy Houlden
, Jennifer Beyak
, Joanne Epp
, Emily Johansen
, Macy McCubbing
, Katherine Martinez
, Chris Lantz
, Michelle Arsenault
, Karyn Huenemann
, Kim Carswell
, Kim Patrick
, jen Black
, Kym Marsh
, Kevin Smith
, Benita Hartwell
, Debbie Rodgers
, Rhona Brinkman
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Mary Lester
, Huguette Lemieux
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Kate Kostandoff
, Heather Belliveau
, Claire Gear
, Roland Schigas
, Sheila Spence
, Janet Meisner
, Ruhee Dewji
, Molly Campbell
, Danielle MacKinlay
, Sara Conway
, Ching Ching Wu
, Karen Lowe
, Pamela Jessen
, Carol Saponja
, Rhonda Struthers
, Mark Gorman
, Andre Sobers
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Janet Hosokawa
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Brad MULLER
, Kristen Graham
, Ashley Stones
, Cassandra AOUIZERATE
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Boe Waight
, Lesley Sturge
, Sandra Lackie
, Helene Fuhr
, Sharon Bird
, Laurie Keeley
, jaynie jackson
, Paula Adam
, Debra Fisher
, Jane Graham
, Morgan Stewart
, Joe Mitchell
, Katie Kah
, Rose Hately
, P. Thompson
, Daria Krykhtin
, toni velthuis
, Marija Dujic
, Lesley Cameron
, LJ Law
, Elle Andra-Warner
, Dru Edmiston
, Lucy DaSilva
, Lindsay Simmons
, Suzanne Nesbitt
, Kim Rasberry
, Candace Fertile
, Barbara Leckie
, Daniela Rowane Thapa
, Dot Mann
, Dian Anderson
, Mary Danieli
, Lisha Hassanali
, Gabrielle Veilleux
editor@49thShelf.com
You’re invited to The Wedding, an electrifying novel about the joining of two South Asian families, and the secrets, resentments, and unspoken truths boiling just beneath the surface.
Interweaving themes of identity, culture clashes, and the immigrant experience as found in The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri with the exuberance and sharp humour of Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians, Gurjinder Basran delivers a wide-ranging but intimate portrait of a vibrant, complex Sikh community.
Set in Vancouver and Surrey, BC, The Wedding exposes the inner lives of the wedding party, guests and event staff in the lead-up to a lavish wedding. This novel, centered around the impending marriage of Devi and Baby, illustrates the union of two people, two families and all the ways in which an entire community bears witness, ensnares and uplifts itself.
Like all great Bollywood films, The Wedding is rife with family drama, steeped in tradition and an ode to love in all its forms. With humour, nuance and honesty, The Wedding spills the chai—exploring desire and expectation, suffering and judgment, class and race—all in search of a happy enough ever after.
