Year of the Chick
An awkward family homecoming at Christmas.
A humiliating public weigh-in, with two judging parents as the audience.
The announcement of a deadline for arranged marriage doom.
And that's just the first two chapters.
In "Year of the Chick," Romi Narindra must find love before her parents find her a husband.
But this is North America, not Calcutta! Who lets their parents choose their husbands?!
Easy to say, less easy to live through, as this book takes you deep inside "awkward Indian living in the West."
To escape her fate, Romi wades through the waters of secret-dating, where self-consciousness is at an all-time high, and experience at an all-time low. It's the sort of thing that would turn almost anyone into a man-crazy freak with romance tunnel-vision, and that's exactly what happens to her. All the while, a lack of inspiration in her corporate job leads Romi to her love of writing, in what quickly becomes a man-quest play-by-play.
From whiskey-breath scum bags to uni-brow creeps and everything in between, Romi and her wingmen come up empty time after time.
And that's when she meets a fellow writer.
On the Internet.
So will it be arranged marriage doom, or an Internet affair that's not as creepy as "To Catch a Predator"?
Time will tell in the "year of the chick," a twelve-month quest to find love.
Tick-tock.
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"Year of the Chick" is book one of a series, and book two is available now at Amazon!
LENGTH: 74,000 words or 284 pages
DISCLAIMER: this book contains profanities, blunt accounts of the dating scene, and many awkward family moments. Enjoy!
Recent Comments
flowing_serenity
Even I m n indian in fact I live in calcutta itself but m indepent in chosing things lyk dat jst my parents shud lyk dat decision
Do you really have a sister and live with her? I've been considering it. Should I go there? Lol great work xx
This is so funny. I'm going to add it to my library. *VOTE* @galoreofnirvana that's funny!
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PETER FROM INSTAGRAM AND TWOTTER CAUSE HE LOVES STARBUCKS AND LATTES!
@romimoondi Just asking but it said this is based on a true story Um... Why????
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