ishq and mushq

This is my latest read (Priya Basil), i got it out from the library on Saturday (how i love the feeling of being allowed to borrow as many books as i can carry). now on page 221 so am pretty far through it alreday. its a bit of an Indian 'Like water for chocolate', only very conciously trying to make this link, which is at times a little irritating. also because it combines lots of storylines and narrates from the persepctive of all the characters (omniscient, but then not). very brief synopsis: the book tells the story of an indian woman with a tainted background who marries a man and moves to england where she raises her family and becomes increasingly unhappy with her husband, until het past catches up with her ... and that's where i am at the moment...the past has caught up with her, but as yet it doesn't seem to be having the horrific consequences she'd anticipated...

i thought at first there was more to the book, as it begins during the partition in India and the description of the conditions and events piqued my interest (after having seen 'Earth', which is a great Indian film which depicts the horrors of the partition on the now-border of India and Pakistan) .. but pretty quickly the main character started to get on my nerves and also the too wordy style of the author made for less relaxing reading... but the descriptions of the Indian desserts whipped up by the main character are enough to keep me reading!