Capture The Great Depression Of The 40s Penned By Rupa Gulab Available In EPub

it's a feel good novel I like it Rupa Gulab is one the earliest Indian Chick Lit authors.
Her first book for me was “Girl Alone” which I had found to be pretty average, Then came “Chip of the Old Blockhead”, I had loved that book amp thus I grabbed this enthusiastically.


This book comes with a warning, “If youre over forty amp reading this, your laugh lines will deepen.
If youre under forty, your laugh lines may begin, ”

I couldnt agree more with the warning, The Great Depression of thes is the story of Mantra, atshe quits her job with a hope that she will make her life better.
She has ambitious plans for herself, she plans to learn foreign languages, write a novel and enjoy life before she is dependant on a nursing attendant.
But what waits for her is sour faced cook, a suddenly in shamble marriage, a husband who has suddenly turned into a stranger amp a sister inlaw who decides to revive her old affair.


The book is a fast paced read on midlife crisis amp thrives on the fact that nothing in life is guaranteed and even the best laid plans can not be trusted upon.


A contemporary take on the fast paced lives that we lead is how I will put this book in one line.
One can very easily relate to what is happening with Mantra and no vimmuuu it has nothing to do with age because these days no one has time for anybody and we leave many emotions amp words to assumption.
It is only when we get a jolt in life that we start valuing things,

Worth a read amp more,

.from me.
At fortythree Mantra decides to quit her job to experience the pleasure of retirement while shes still able to walk without a nursing attendant in tow.
But to her horror, she has to smooth the wrinkles in her marriage before she can get to work on the ones on her face.
As her husbands cholesterol begins to shoot dangerously high, Mantras libido hits rock bottom, She has to do something ASAP or shell spend the rest of her life as an ageing, frigid divorcee.


To make matters worse, mantra also has to caution her sisterinlaw Anjali about the ghost of a boyfriend past, counsel her pagewannabe neighbour on how to make it to page, and figure out how to win over her surly cook.
Loved it !!!
The book is aboutwomen, Mantra, Anjali, Reshma and Samira,

Mantra is married happily to Vir, They have an easy relationship, no children, lots of banter, no sex, Mantra has lost her mojo and Vir is begining to be pissed by it, She has just left her job

and wants to write a book and/or freelance, Vir is having troubles of his own at work,

Vir's sister, Anjali has a perfect marriage, She has a dream husband and a teenaged boy, But she finds herself getting attracted to the exboyfriend who has just come back into her life.


Reshma is Mantra's maid, She is a terrible cook but can speak flawless English, She is carrying on with the driver, Makrand, Not a wise idea as Makrand is already married,

Samira is Mantra's upstairs neighbour, She is being beaten black and blue by her rich husband, She refuses to lodge a complaint as she seems to think she will be able to reform her man.


Here is a perfect book for light reading, It is not about someone's college issues, or a maudlin love story, It is a perfectly crafted book about an eventful year in the life of Mantra,

Mantra is a smart, thinking, affectionate woman, She is her own person, She is a modern Indian woman who does not care to conform to the stereotype of either Bharatiya Nari or Firangi Vamp.
She smokes, drinks and lets her house go to the dogs if she feels like it,

She is just the kind of girl I would like to have as a friend.


The book is not sweet, it is kind of spicy and crispy like a well made plate of chaat.
There were SO many times that I broke out in chuckles over something, Quite like I would if I were reading Wodehouse, Ole PG also wrote about light happenings in lives of young wastrels!

The editing is excellent and the language is, thankfully, perfect.
This quality is rather difficult to come by in IndianEnglish fiction, The author credits the good editing to her sister Kushalrani Gulab,

Rupa Gulab has written several books, I remember not liking Girl Alone much, I read that years ago, I should give it another shot, Maybe I was not in the right frame of mind at the time, I liked Chip of the old Blockhead, but it was more YA fiction, I will pick up I Kissed a Frog as well and see if it is as good as this book.
"This is one book I picked up on a whim just to keep myself well stocked with books despite the 'depressing' title and the lovely cover but it turned out to be such a fun novel! Mantra is in her midforties and is blessed with a super sharp tongue and husband who matches her.
The story sounds mundane she quits her job to freelance and how she deals with her house help who is determined to give her a hard time, to add to it she needs to counsel her sisterinlaw to stay loyal in the marriage while her own marriage hits a rough patch.
The plot is simplistic but the style is superb, Rupa Gulab has excellent sense of humor and that's what will make you read the book.
And yes, while is end is predictable, it has a little bit of a twist :, No regrets for buying this one, A light hearted, fun read, P. S. I wish they'd chosen a better title Rupa Gulab is a columnist and the author of Girl Alone, Chip of the Old Blockhead, and The Great Depression of thes.
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