An Enormously English Monsoon Wedding
“They’d discussed the purchase and rehoming of the Indian statues, and Nalisha had talked endlessly about her plans for Bollywood dance sessions. Erin, wishing Nalisha would spontaneously combust, had somehow mentioned the mandap, and Nalisha had sympathised but agreed that very few people ever bested Deena, and that she was sure they’d find a use for the mandap somewhere, and then they’d discussed Erin’s small and scattered family, and Kam.
And then they moved on to Jay.
The previous revelation...s had clearly merely skimmed the surface.
Erin now knew everything there ever was to know about Jay’s childhood, his teenage years and his subsequent growing up. All the gaps had been neatly filled in by Nalisha. Erin had learned about girlfriends he’d never mentioned; about holidays he’d taken with Nalisha – and other friends, too, but it was only the fact that Nalisha had been there that stuck; about his madly extended family – ‘we all become honorary cousins or aunts or uncles, it makes it so much fun when we all get together at parties’; and about how totally, totally wonderful Deena and Tavish were.MoreLess
And then they moved on to Jay.
The previous revelation...s had clearly merely skimmed the surface.
Erin now knew everything there ever was to know about Jay’s childhood, his teenage years and his subsequent growing up. All the gaps had been neatly filled in by Nalisha. Erin had learned about girlfriends he’d never mentioned; about holidays he’d taken with Nalisha – and other friends, too, but it was only the fact that Nalisha had been there that stuck; about his madly extended family – ‘we all become honorary cousins or aunts or uncles, it makes it so much fun when we all get together at parties’; and about how totally, totally wonderful Deena and Tavish were.MoreLess
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