The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
Balli Kaur Jaswal

Full of warmth and laugh-out-loud funny, the new novel from the author of Erotic Stories for Punjabi WidowsBritish-born Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina have never been close – so when their dying mother instructs them to go on a pilgrimage across India to carry out her final rites, the sisters are forced together as they haven’t been for years.Rajni is an archetypal eldest child – bossy, knows best, always right – but her perfect son dropped a devastating bombshell right before she left and she can’t decide what the right thing to do might be.Jezmeen is a struggling actress but is starting to feel like her chance of a big break might be running out – not helped by the fact that she was fired from her last job when a video of her (accidently) kicking a rare fish to death went viral…Shirina has always been the perfect sister, the baby of the family who confounded expectations by having the most traditional arranged marriage of them all. She’s been living in Australia for the last five years and her estrangement from her sisters has never been more apparent.Each sister has her own reasons for agreeing to this ludicrous trip, and as the miles rack up, the secrets of the past and present are sure to spill out…

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Source ISBN: 9780008209933

Ebook Edition © June 2019 ISBN: 9780008325459

Version: 2019-04-05

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For Asher

Contents

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Title Page (#u8754307f-4547-5b05-9f2e-605c81dcfc61)

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four