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Автор Balli Kaur Jaswal

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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Source ISBN: 9780008209919

Ebook Edition © March 2017 ISBN: 9780008209902

Version 2018-09-21

For Paul

Table of Contents

Why did Mindi want an arranged marriage?

Nikki stared at the profile her sister had attached to the email.

There was a list of relevant biographical details: name, age, height, religion, diet (vegetarian except for the occasional fish and chips). General preferences for a husband: intelligent, compassionate and kind, with strong values and a nice smile. Both clean-shaven and turban-wearing men were acceptable, provided beards and moustaches were neatly maintained. The ideal husband had a stable job and up to three hobbies which extended him mentally and physically. In some ways, she had written, he should be just like me: modest (a prude in Nikki’s opinion), practical with finances (downright stingy) and family-oriented (wants babies immediately). Worst of all, the title of her blurb made her sound like a supermarket seasoning spice: Mindi Grewal, East-West Mix.