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Can anybody help identify this book from my terrible description?

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TrackerBar · 17/07/2021 12:40

A few years ago I read a book on holiday and loved it. Then I returned home, forgot all about it and promptly forgot the title. So, bearing in mind it was a few years ago my description might be a bit inaccurate. Also, not much to go on either, sorry!

The story is set in India and is from the perspective of the lead female character. She is married and every week or so she attends a ladies group where they each put money into a pot and then every week a lady from the group gets the pot of money to spend as she pleases.

She talks affectionately about her husband throughout the book. Then one day she and a friend (or relative) are in a taxi and a man opens the door and threatens them with a knife but I think they manage to fight him off. After this she talks about how events like this remind her of why she loves her husband.

And my mind has gone blank about the rest of the book! But I really would love to find it and read it again. If anybody has any inkling about what this book might be called I would love to hear your thoughts. I have tried searching for it, but as my description is not so great it has been impossible.

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bibliomania · 18/07/2021 15:02

Any chance it is Duty Free by Moni Mohsin?

TrackerBar · 13/08/2021 13:53

@bibliomania

Any chance it is Duty Free by Moni Mohsin?
Thank you Bibli! Sorry for late response, I forgot I’d posted this! It doesn’t sound like it’s the same book, but I’ll definitely have a look.
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Standrewsschool · 13/08/2021 20:16

Any of these?

books set in India

FriedasCarLoad · 13/08/2021 20:22

I have a feeling it might have been discussed on radio 4's It's A Good Read. Perhaps worth looking on their page for a list of books?

TrackerBar · 15/08/2021 14:19

Thank you both for the suggestions. I’ll have a look.

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clpsmum · 01/09/2021 23:44

Was it definitely set in India? It sounds vaguely like something ideas a few years ago set in Afghanistan I think it was called the little coffee shop in Kabul or something like that??

annacondom · 02/09/2021 22:48

@clpsmum

Was it definitely set in India? It sounds vaguely like something ideas a few years ago set in Afghanistan I think it was called the little coffee shop in Kabul or something like that??
I don't think it sounds like that.
TrackerBar · 18/09/2021 18:12

Thank you all! Still no luck in finding it, so frustrating, but maybe I’ll remember some other details at some point 🤔 I hope!

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