Name: The Newlyweds
ISBN: 9780307268846

Nell Freudenberger

"The story of a Bengali woman who marries a man from Rochester, NY, after they meet online"--

A Novel

The Newlyweds

Sarah Sammis

Freudenberger wrote outside her realm of knowledge. She's not a Deshi. She seems to have created Amina to be an exotic fish out of water, rather than to be a well rounded person who hasn't found the life she was expected and also feels like she can't hold up her end of the bargain.

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Tabea Lüth

Erin G.

Look for Nell Freudenberger's new novel, Lost and Wanted, coming April 2019. Amina Mazid is twenty-four when she moves from Bangladesh to Rochester, New York, for love. A hundred years ago, Amina would have been called a mail-order bride. But this is the twenty-first century: she is wooed by—and woos—George Stillman online. For Amina, George offers a chance for a new life for her and her parents, as well as a different kind of happiness than she might find back home. For George, Amina is a woman who doesn't play games. But each of them is hiding something: someone from the past they thought they could leave behind. It is only when Amina returns to Bangladesh that she and George find out if their secrets will tear them apart, or if they can build a future together.

The Newlyweds A Novel

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