Henna’s marriage to Ricky-Rashid was achieved through an audacious web of lies as elaborate and brazen as the golden embroidery on her scarlet wedding sari…Ricky is soon to realise his bride is not in fact who he thought she was. As Ricky and Henna tolerate their loveless marriage of convenience, the way is paved for a future of deception.

Born in Pakistan, brought up in London, and now living in South West France with her husband and son, Bitter Sweets is Roopa Farooki’s debut novel. She worked in advertising as Worldwide Account Director for Saatchi & Saatchi and now J Walter Thompson.

The book has been shortlisted for the Orange Award for New Writers 07. It will be published by Pan in Paperback on 2nd August 2007.
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