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Second Thoughts is a novel by Shobhaa De.
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Author | Shobha De |
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Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | 1996 |
Publication place | India |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 296 |
ISBN | 0-14-025567-2 |
OCLC | 35152014 |
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LC Class | PR9499.3.D4 S43 1996 |
Preceded by | Small Betrayals |
Followed by | Selective Memory |
Synopsis
editSecond Thoughts is a love story about Maya, a pretty girl who is eager to escape her dull, middle-class home in Calcutta for the glamour of Mumbai, where she moves after marriage to Ranjan, a handsome, ambitious man who has an American university degree and a wealthy family background.
Maya is determined to be the ideal wife, but finds herself trapped and stifled by the confines of her arranged marriage to a man who, she discovers, is rigidly conservative and completely indifferent to her desires. She begins to experience great loneliness in suburban Mumbai.[1]
She strikes up a friendship with Nikhil, her charming, college-going neighbor, leading to love and betrayal.
References
edit- ^ Bobb, Dilip (15 March 1996). "Book review: Shobha De's 'Second Thoughts'". India Today. Retrieved 11 August 2018.