Monica Ali

Two cultures. Two families. Two People.

The new novel from the best-selling, Booker Prize shortlisted author Monica Ali.

‘A truly astonishing piece of writing – exquisite storytelling, featuring the most human portrayal of doctors I’ve ever read. I defy you to put this book down’ Adam Kay on Love Marriage

Love Marriage is a story about who we are and how we love in today’s Britain – with all the complications and contradictions of life, desire, marriage and family. What starts as a captivating social comedy develops into a heart-breaking and gripping story of two cultures, two families and two people trying to understand one another.

It’s wonderful to be able to welcome Monica Ali to an event to blow away the cobwebs of winter. Her work has been translated into 26 languages. She is the author of five books: Brick Lane, Alentejo Blue, In the Kitchen, Untold Story and Love Marriage. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, in 2003 she was named as one of Granta‘s Best of Young British Novelists. She has been nominated for, amongst others, the Booker Prize, the George Orwell Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and in the U.S. has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Our guest interviewer on this occasion is Hannah Beckerman: author, broadcaster, journalist and chair of numerous book prizes including the Costa Book Awards.

‘No one captures the modern family like Monica Ali. Love Marriage is full of surprises and unexpected twists, with an ending that will take your breath away’  Tahmima Anam