Balli Kaur Jaswal

Reese Witherspoon’s March Book Club Pick! ‘Big-hearted, earthy and funny… A rattlingly good story’ – Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Every woman has a secret life… When Nikki takes a creative writing job at her local temple, with visions of emancipating the women of the community she left behind as a self-important teenager, she’s shocked to discover a...

We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your children, we know your secrets. Corazon, Angel, and Donita have all come to Singapore to work for a living. The thing that unites them? Their labour must remain unseen. But when a friend is accused of murdering her employer, everything changes. The accused could be any of them; they...

Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking work of cultural heritage fiction about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages—a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls. Every woman has a secret life... Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she's...

"My name, Navkiranjhot Ahloowalia, means 'the new light,' and contains a legacy of love and spiritual depth that go back centuries. But there's being unique and then there's watching a teacher reconsider their profession when they're trying to pronounce your name." At school, Navy's often mistaken for her best friends, fellow unpronounceables. At home, Navy's loving parents believe she must...