Archive for October 18th, 2010

When Delilah Rafferty’s 50th birthday begins to loom, she decides that she is going to throw herself a huge birthday bash and invite lots of people to make it even more fun. However, Delilah doesn’t bank on the strife her family manages to get themselves into just before her birthday, and when it threatens to ruin her birthday altogether, Delilah realises she has had enough. Her husband Raf, an actor, has got his first acting job in 10 years but Delilah is sure it’s going to drive a wedge between them once more. Her daughter Coco is struggling with a secret problem with her job on a soap, youngest daughter Tyger is hiding a secret that is going to shock the Rafferty family to it’s core when it comes out and middle daughter Violet is a budding musician but is keeping a rather surprising romance secret from her family. How are the Rafferty’s going to heal their rifts, and will they do it before Delilah’s special birthday party?

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Rekha Waheed’s second Little Black Dress novel My Bollywood Wedding is due out on 9th December 2010 and it sounds like a really interesting read. Here’s the synopsis:

Maya Malik wants a big glamorous Bollywood wedding. And now Maya has found Jhanghir Khan, her perfect man, it’s time to start the mammoth task of planning it. But fifteen designer wedding boutiques, seven venues, two jet-set dashes to Dubai and Dhaka, and one trip to Tiffany’s later, with interfering aunties on her tail, her enthusiasm is flagging. And with the Maliks and Khans fighting over dowries and every decision related to the 600 strong guest list, Maya questions if it’s all worth it. Most importantly, she starts to doubt if Jhanghir really is Mr Right...