Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments av Hema Sukumar

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<p><b>''The most charming, utterly lovely story I''ve read in ages... this is one of my books of the year'' </b><i>RED </i><br><b>''This joyous novel is a feast for the senses, as well as the soul'' </b>JOANNA NELL<br><br>Grand Life Apartments is a middle-class apartment block surrounded by lush gardens in the coastal city of Chennai, India. It is the home of Kamala, a pious, soon-to-be retired dentist who spends her days counting down to the annual visits from her daughter who is studying in the UK. Her neighbour, Revathi, is a thirty-two-year-old engineer who is frequently reminded by her mother that she has reached her expiry date in the arranged marriage market. Jason, a British chef, has impulsively moved to India to escape his recent heartbreak in London.<br><br>The residents have their own complicated lives to navigate, but what they all have in common is their love of where they live, so when a developer threatens to demolish the apartments and build over the gardens, the commu