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Rupa Publications India THE WEIGHT LOSS CLUB The Curious Experiments of Nancy Housing Cooperative by Devapriya Roy
Set in a middleclass housing colony, this is the story of stayathome mum Monalisa, who cannot clean the kitchen counter enough times; Meera, who is bullied constantly by her traditional motherinlaw; collegegoing Abeer, who isn’t sure how to impress the glamorous Mandy; academic Aparajita, who has no takers on the marriage mart; philosopher Ananda, whom no one takes seriously; and Treeza, a former school secretary now sunk in gloom Into their midst arrives Oxfordreturned Sandhya: half hippie, half saadhvi, full spiritual guru Under her aegis is formed The Weight Loss Club, throwing the lives of our heroes and heroines into utter and delightful disarray