Brick Lane | Ali

BRICK LANE, after an arranged marriage, Nazneen moves with her much older husband, Chanu, from Bangladesh to London, where over the years she manages to make a place for herself in spite of her husband`s inability to cope. As she gains strength from raising two feisty daughters, taking a socially committed lover, and learning to make some money herself, she is able to oppose her ineffectual husband`s decision to give up and go back to Bangladesh. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, BRICK LANE was also a New York Times Notable Book in 2003.