Marriage of a Thousand Lies

Marriage of a Thousand Lies

â€‹â€‹A necessary and exciting addition to both the Sri Lankan-American and LGBTQ canons, SJ Sindu's debut novelÂ Marriage of a Thousand LiesÂ offers a moving and sharply renderedâ€‹ exploration of friendship, family, love, and loss.Â

Lucky and her husband, Krishna, are gay. They present an illusion of marital bliss to their conservative Sri Lankanâ€“American families, while each dates on the side. Itâ€™s not ideal, but for Lucky, it seems to be working. She goes out dancing, she drinks a bit, she makes ends meet by doing digital art on commission. But when Luckyâ€™s grandmother has a nasty fall, Lucky returns to her childhood home and unexpectedly reconnects with her former best friend and first lover, Nisha, who is preparing for her own arranged wedding with a man sheâ€™s never met.

As the connection between the two women is rekindled, Lucky tries to save Nisha from entering a marriage based on a lie. But does Nisha really want to be saved? And after a decadeâ€™s worth of lying, can Lucky break free of her own circumstances and build a new life? Is she willing to walk away from all that she values about her parents and community to live in a new truth? As Luckyâ€”an outsider no matter what choices she makesâ€”is pushed to the breaking point, Marriage of a Thousand Lies offers a vivid exploration of a life lived at a complex intersection of race, sexuality, and nationality. The result is a profoundly American debut novel shot through with humor and loss, a story of love, family, and the truths that define us all.
Country USA
Brand SOHO
Manufacturer Soho Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2017-06-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781616957902

Country	USA
Brand	SOHO
Manufacturer	Soho Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2017-06-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781616957902

Marriage of a Thousand Lies

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