Ladies Coupe

Ladies CoupeMeet Akhila: forty five and single, an income tax clerk, and a woman who has never been allowed to live her own life always the daughter, the sister, the aunt, the provider until the day she gets herself a one way ticket to the seaside town of Kanyakumari. In the intimate atmosphere of the all women sleeping car the 'Ladies Coupe' Akhila asks the five women the question that has been haunting her all her adult life: can a woman stay single and be

Meet Akhila: forty-five and single, an income-tax clerk, and a woman who has never been allowed to live her own life - always the daughter, the sister, the aunt, the provider - until the day she gets herself a one-way ticket to the seaside town of Kanyakumari. In the intimate atmosphere of the all-women sleeping car - the 'Ladies Coupe' - Akhila asks the five women the question that has been haunting her all her adult life: can a woman stay single and be happy, or does she need a man to feel complete?

This wonderfully atmospheric, deliciously warm novel takes the reader into the heart of women's lives in contemporary India, revealing how the dilemmas that women face in their relationships with husbands, mothers, friends, employers and children are the same world over.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 06/01/2004
ISBN: 9780312320874
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.52w x 0.82d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2004 pg. 418
Booklist 06/01/2004 pg. 1704
Library Journal 06/15/2004 pg. 60
Booksense '76 July 2004 07/01/2004 pg. 1
Library Journal 07/01/2006 pg. 68