Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee - Meera Syal Reviews

This book, by Meera Syal (of Goodness Gracious Me fame), was published in 1999, and tell the story of three childhood friends from school who have grown up together but find their lives moving in increasingly different directions as they travel through their 30's. Chila is marrying Deepak, a wealthy & handsome businessman, however ...

Most people will have probably come across Meera Syal in the successful and critically acclaimed comedy show Goodness Gracious Me which was a sketch show which focused on Asian humour however she is also an accomplished author in her own right. Her first book was one I really enjoyed so I was keen to read her second novel “Life isn’t all ha ha hee ...

This is a book which follows a familiar 'group of friends who take different paths' route, but that doesn't necessarily make it any less enjoyable. It set within the second or third generation Hindu Indian community in east London, and the three protagonists, friends since childhood are Chila, Sunita and Tania. The ...

The highly descriptive first pages of this book didn't inspire me immediately... but I was glad I persevered. Three schoolfriends have taken very different paths in life: one is a harassed mother of two, one is about to tie the knot, and the third is a successful career woman with a colourful love life. So far, so ...

This book is in the process of becoming a huge bestseller (no. 14 in Amazon.co.uk ratings at the moment) and it’s easy to understand why. It’s a witty, racy novel with the right balance of ethnic flavour and perky ‘here and now’ details to make it exotic and familiar at the same time. The story follows the lives of three ...