The Wedding
Ashley Raskovsky
, Ms Bookmarked
, Ryan Woods
, Tanya Blake
, Lindsey Drake
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Benita Hartwell
, cassandra schiemann
, Thelma Ball
, Stephanie Dayes
, Brad MULLER
, Jude Castillo
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Janet Miller
, Megan Turner McMillan
, Marilyn Stanley
, Phoebe Miles
, Rodney Cross
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Beth Dekoker
, Laurie Burns
, Dot Mann
, Martine Fabris
, Vaishnavi Shanoj
, Sandra Bales
, Stacey Shackel
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Sharon Forzley
, Siobhan Long
, Bronya Mazereeuw
, Sandra Lackie
, Chris Carvalho
, Rosa Cross
, Brittney Warren
, Debbie Rodgers
, Joshua Lewis
, Sarah Van Dyk
, Cheryl Johnson
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Sarah Schwartz
, Alanna Virtue
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Noelle Walsh
, Natasha Andres
, Laura Patterson
, Kevin Smith
, Jane McRobb
, Tania Gigliotti
, Mary Therrien
, Isisus Western
, Paula Adam
, Agnes Marshall
, Marjorie Roy
, Ariane Béland
, Danielle Kat
, Trisha Corkwell
, Carol Brown
, Isabella Rose
, Andrea Pole
, Deana Bueley
, Barry Kazimer
, Louise Walsh
, Cherryl Koylass
, Julie Kaniak
, Holly Elisabeth
, Maureen Brownlee
, Krys Reads
, Presley Robertson
, Ashley Duke
, Lynn Andrews
, enid wray
, Mike Broderick
, Dorothy Wong
, Jessica Casas
, Joseph Chirayil
, Anita Jones
, Adrienne Hubbard
, Kim Carswell
, Tori Levang
, Jessica Currier
, Sara Conway
, Gabrielle Rancourt
, Diana Richardson
, LISA NELSON
, MJ Malleck
, GLORIA KONELSKY
, Sarah Stang
, E. Ainslie
, joy mills
, Kendra Martin
, Patricia Johnson
, Reilly Robson
, Patricia McKeown
, M. Ingibergsson
, Wendy Burleson
, Lori Campbell
, Dru Edmiston
, Hailey Slaviero
, Candace Fertile
, Roland Schigas
, Julie M.
, Jenn Watt
, Susi Lovell
, Huguette Lemieux
, Diane McPherson
, Paula Ritchie
, NIGEL EVANS
, Tara Jeles
, Margaret McKay
, Alyce Soulodre
, Michelle Arsenault
, Kartik Gupta
, Karen Colwell
, BJ Underwood
, Lesley Sturge
, Maria Mclean
, Pat Johnston
, Robert Hykawy
, Barbara Leckie
, Michelle Reddick
, Janice Cournoyer
, Sandra Storey
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Emily Johansen
, diana kirkwood
, Laura Reid
, Alicia Biggley
, Irene O’Neill
, Kim Fenton
, Lynn Bechtel
, Chris Lantz
, Penelope Penner
, Karyn Newton
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Kim Cappellina
, Shannon Leclerc
, Lisa Mallia
, Heather Belliveau
, Kim Patrick
, Ingrid Loepp
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Syl Grady
, Tanis Anne
, Amy Cieslak
, Huguette Settle
, Lindsey Andronak
, Mary Woods
, Janice Sutherland
, Lori Meadows
, Katie Mac Macalister
, Tami Osato
, Jen Bailey
, Alice Meems
, Val Ross
, Ellen Clarke
, Kate Kostandoff
, Helene Fuhr
, Ken Gilmour
, Randi Ann Doll
, Stef Novakowski
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Deanna Carney
, Katie Kah
, Hana Iudin
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Meghan Barton
, Tara Ivey
, Taya Young
, Christa Seeley
, Anushka Tankala
, Hannah Branham
, Andre Labonte
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Hoda Montazeri
, Judith Pearson
, Jordy Major
, Danielle MacKinlay
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.
