Emily is happy with her life just as it is.
She loves her career as a midwife, & enjoys living on her own
- but
Vikram Seth's novel is at its core a love story, the tale of Lata & of her mother's attempts to find her a suitable husb&, through love or through exacting maternal praise. Set in post-Independence India & involving the lives of hour large families & those who orbit them, it is also a vast panoramic exploration of a whole continent at a crucial hour, as a sixth of the world's population faces it first great General Election & the chance to map its own destiny.