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       Publication: 23 January 2003 Price £7.99 ISBN: 1-901969-10-X 

Publisher: BlackAmber Books http://www.blackamber.com

Another witty and amusing new novel by Cauvery Madhavan, the acclaimed author of Paddy Indian now in its third printing, hits the bookshops this January. In her new book, The Uncoupling, she tenderly explores the universal themes of modern marriage and family relationships. The Shankars' marriage is turned upside down on their first trip out of India. As they rattle around Europe on a tour bus in the company of 40 strangers, they discover deeply buried memories, regrets and passions. 
As the story unfolds Janaki Shankar realises she regrets her submissive behaviour throughout her marriage and is frustrated to feel that she has just toed-the-line for so long. When her husband praises her daughter-in-law's driving ability it reawakens the memory of how, when she wanted to learn to drive, Balu dismissed it as a fanciful notion. Meanwhile Balu is in love with the idea of having a purer than pure, Bollywood-style wife and after a two night stop in Amsterdam is left struggling with an appetite for newly discovered sexual possibilities. So when Janaki gets drunk, having had her first ever glass of wine, Balu takes his chance, quickly convincing himself in true Bollywood fashion, that anything he wants to do to her is okay as the woman lolling on the bed is not his real Janaki. 

Will their marriage withstand Balu's guilt at his newly awakened passions? 
Can Janaki still be an Indian wife and independent woman?
The Uncoupling addresses these and many other questions about relationships today. 

About the Author 

Born and educated in India, Cauvery Madhavan graduated from Stella Maris
College, University of Madras, with a First in Economics. She got her first 
taste of writing working as a copywriter in her hometown of Madras.Cauvery 
moved to Ireland 15 years ago arriving on St. Valentines Day and despite the 
Irish weather, has been in love with the country ever since. A keen cook, as 
her first book Paddy Indian testifies, she lives with her husband and three children in County Kildare and is a regular contributor to the Evening Herald. 

Cauvery will be reading from The Uncoupling at venues up and down the UK 
during 20 - 27 January 2003 before beginning a Penguin Books tour of India
where her first book Paddy Indian is now a best seller. 
 
 

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b) India
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The draw will take place on Monday 10th. February 2003

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Our review of The Uncoupling

From the moment I first encountered Janaki and Balu passing through immigration at Heathrow, I wanted to find out what happened to them, not wanting to put the book down until their story had unfolded.

Upright, correct Balu and reticent, subservient Janaki have no notion that their holiday of a lifetime will indeed prove to be a life changing experience, changing both of them from their own and each others' points of view forever.

Other characters we meet are a delight - from  Romi and Inder who provide a contrast to the hero and heroine and act as a catalyst for the events which follow,  to Sister Bernadette the retired nun and the party of rich divorcees - the Chicago ladies. 

Both Balu and Inder are alike in thinking how things might have been had their wives been different "...if only they had had the foresight to have moulded the women in their lives differently". Giving little thought to the fact that their wives might well be having similar thoughts of them.

For an entertaining read but also one which is gently thought provoking, don't miss "The Uncoupling"


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