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About the Book: The Newlyweds A fabulous 21st century love story about getting, and staying, wed. Amina met George online. Within months she has left her home in Bangladesh and is living in Georges house in the American suburbs. Theirs is a very twenty-first century union, forged from afar yet echoing the traditions of the arranged marriage. But as Amina struggles to find About the Book: The Newlyweds A fabulous 21st century love story about getting, and staying, wed. Amina met George online. Within months she has left her home in Bangladesh and is living in Georges house in the American suburbs. Theirs is a very twenty-first century union, forged from afar yet echoing the traditions of the arranged marriage. But as Amina struggles to find her place in America, it becomes clear that neither she nor George have been entirely honest with each other. Both have brought to the marriage a secret-a vital, hidden part of themselves, which will reveal who they are and whether their future is together or an ocean apart. About the Author: Nell Freudenberger Nell Freudenberger is the author of the novel The Dissident (longlisted for the Orange Prize) and the story collection Lucky Girls, winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and shortlisted for the Orange New Writers Prize and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. She was named a New Yorker 20 Under 40 writer and one of Grantas Best Young American Novelists. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Reviews: Genuinely moving . . . Freudenberger demonstrates her assurance as a novelist and her knowledge of the complicated arithmetic of familial love, and the mathematics of romantic passion The New York Times A convincing and rather compelling story of a very modern marriage and a real heroine to root for Daily Mail
About the Book: The Newlyweds A fabulous 21st century love story about getting, and staying, wed. Amina met George online. Within months she has left her home in Bangladesh and is living in Georges house in the American suburbs. Theirs is a very twenty-first century union, forged from afar yet echoing the traditions of the arranged marriage. But as Amina struggles to find About the Book: The Newlyweds A fabulous 21st century love story about getting, and staying, wed. Amina met George online. Within months she has left her home in Bangladesh and is living in Georges house in the... Read More