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Jul 26, 2024 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Chetna Maroo |Tibor Fischer |Roddy Doyle |Guy Gunarante
A summer of sport unfolds before us as we eagerly await the start of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The games embody passion, determination, and the pursuit of excellence – much like great literature, reflecting a spirit we often see in both authors and their writing. As Booker Prize 2024 judge Sara Collins noted in a recent interview, the Booker is ‘a bit like the Olympic gold medal of book awards’.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Chetna Maroo |Guy Gunarante |Tibor Fischer |Roddy Doyle
A summer of sport unfolds before us as we eagerly await the start of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The games embody passion, determination, and the pursuit of excellence – much like great literature, reflecting a spirit we often see in both authors and their writing. As Booker Prize 2024 judge Sara Collins noted in a recent interview, the Booker is ‘a bit like the Olympic gold medal of book awards’.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
corriere.it | Chetna Maroo
Non so se siete mai stati al centro di un campo da squash, sulla T, ad ascoltare cosa succede nel campo vicino. Penso al suono della palla colpita da un tiro deciso, pulito. Un suono basso e fulmineo, come uno sparo, seguito da un’eco ravvicinata. L’eco della palla che batte sulla parete è più forte del colpo stesso.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
womensprize.com | Chetna Maroo |Nay Assassa
An unforgettable coming-of-age story, Western Lane is a moving exploration of the closeness of sisterhood, the immigrant experience, and the collective overcoming of grief. One of those exquisite books in which not one word is wasted. It is beautifully written. Describe your book in one sentence as if you were telling a friend.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
tweakindia.com | Richard Osman |Chetna Maroo |Chandni Sehgal
Resilient, flawed women you wish were real… or remind you of someone that isLate last night, I was in Poppy Meadows. It was a misty winter morning, and I was walking barefoot in the damp grass, listening to my friend Sadie talk about heartbreak. As she described her latent feelings for her first love, who had just returned to town (and her life), I felt an immediate tug at my heartstrings. I resonated deeply with her take on second chances and regrets. Confession time.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
panmacmillan.com | Sally Rooney |Chetna Maroo
Share this book with your friends and familyChetna MarooSynopsisLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024'A beautiful and evocative novel about grief, about growing up, about losing and winning. The people and places in this book will stay with me for a long time.' – Sally RooneyA 'Book of the Year' in The Economist, The Independent, The Week, The New York Times and The GuardianA deeply moving novel about grief, sisterhood, squash and a teenage girl's struggle to transcend herself.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
newindianexpress.com | Chetna Maroo |Sharmistha Jha
How does one process the loss of a loved one? Is there a formula that makes coping easier? What is the language of grief, and of love? Chetna Maroo’s Booker Prize-shortlisted Western Lane attempts to answer such questions through the story of a Gujarati-British immigrant family. At the centre is Gopi, who along with her sisters, Mona and Khushi, is struggling to move on after the death of their mother. Their emotionally distant Pa doesn’t seem to be able to wrap his head around the loss.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
outlookindia.com | Vimala Devi |Chetna Maroo |Priyamvada Mangal |Rapid-Fire Round With
Deepa Pawar, 37, grew up in a tent in a basti in Mumbai. She and her friends— all belonging to the Ghisadi tribe—studied in a government school, but were discouraged from conversing among themselves in their community language—Ghisadi Arsi Parsi. These memories stayed with her while growing up. Pawar—now an activist—fears that her generation may be the last to speak the language or even know that it exists.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
telegraphindia.com | Chetna Maroo
Book: Western Lane Author: Chetna Maroo Published by: Picador Price: Rs 599 Writing after the death of his wife, C.S. Lewis had been struck by how grief can often feel like fear — “I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning.
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Dec 9, 2023 | 
newindianexpress.com | Sharmistha Jha |Chetna Maroo
Express News ServiceHow does one process the loss of a loved one? Is there a formula that makes coping easier? What is the language of grief, and of love? Chetna Maroo’s Booker Prize-shortlisted Western Lane attempts to answer such questions through the story of a Gujarati-British immigrant family. At the centre is Gopi, who along with her sisters, Mona and Khushi, is struggling to move on after the death of their mother.
