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House of Hidden Mothers
House of Hidden Mothers | Meera Syal
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Life hasn't always been easy for Shyama, a woman in her mid-forties whose husband abandoned her when their daughter was still young. But she has finally found happiness with Toby, a man ten years her junior. She and Toby want to have a child together, but Shyama's doctor tells her that her womb has become "inhospitable."("An inhospitable womb! There, she had been looking for a title for her autobiography.") While Shyama and Toby begin their search for the perfect surrogate, four thousand miles away a young woman in rural India named Mala becomes convinced that carrying a child for an international couple will be her ticket out of poverty--and as her life intersects with Shyama's, the two women soon discover that an apparently simple arrangement may be far more complicated than it once seemed.
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CarolynM
CarolynM
The House of Hidden Mothers: A Novel | Meera Syal
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My favourite audiobook for the year. I adore Meera Syal.

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Andrew65 I‘d love to read this. 3y
Centique Oh good, I‘m going to need a new audiobook in a little while. 👍 3y
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CarolynM
CarolynM
The House of Hidden Mothers: A Novel | Meera Syal
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I have a huge girl-crush on Meera Syal so I was always going to enjoy listening to her read her novel, but I loved it even more than I expected. She covers a huge amount of ground in this story of a second generation British Indian woman and her significantly younger partner pursuing parenthood via surrogacy in India. I felt completely immersed in the family dynamics and Indian culture. I'd recommend the audio for Meera's lovely voice & accents.

CarolynM I think you'd enjoy this @Cinfhen - lots of meaty social/cultural/moral issues. I'm going to listen to this one next
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Cinfhen Oh, I love her voice too!!! I‘m definitely going to listen to this one 🙌🏻thanks for tagging me 4y
CarolynM @LeahBergen Me too🙂 4y
Centique This sounds wonderful! Stacked 😍 4y
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mrldg
The House of Hidden Mothers: A Novel | Meera Syal

A great book for Audio, Indian and English accents were lovely. Some of the obvious difficulties with surrogacy were uncovered in this novel about a British couple, with discordant ages and ethnicities, who search for a way to get pregnant. This may not be the most wonderfully written book, but was still very enjoyable.

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