Sideways on a Scooter - Miranda Kennedy (2011)
Miranda Kennedy is a journalist who goes to live in Delhi while reporting across South East Asia. The biography starts with her trying to find a place for a single woman to live, which she only finds possible when she explains that her made up husband is soon to come and join her. The next step is finding cleaners and maids and making new friends.
It is the stories of these friends and employees that make this book enjoyable, and even though it was a bit of a slow start I plowed through it pretty quickly. It is a good comparison of social and moral guidelines in both the US and India, without being too judgemental and this gentle touch makes me think that it is worth a 4/5.
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