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Unable to find a man whom she is willing to marry despite the efforts of friends, fortune-tellers, and matchmakers, twenty-four-year-old Anju, confronted by her family's shame, obtains their reluctant permission to travel to the United States, where husband hunting proves no easier, but where unmarried women are much more commonplace. A first novel. Reprint.
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Anju wants a husband. Equally important, her entire family wants Anju to have a husband. Her life in Bombay, where a marriage can be arranged in a matter of hours, is almost solely devoted to this quest, with her anxious mother hauling her from holy site to holy site in order to consult and entreat swamis and astrologers. As Anju’s twenties slip away, she’s fast becoming a spinster by her culture’s standards, so she moves to New York City to work in fashion. For Matrimonial Purposes is the hilarious story of Anju’s journey, her quest for love, and the choices that she must make while trying to remain true to herself and satisfy her family and tradition.
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