Second Thoughts (book)

Second Thoughts (book)

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name = Second Thoughts
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image_caption = Second Thoughts
author = Shobha De
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country = India
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Penguin Books
release_date = 1996
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 296
isbn = ISBN 0140255672
preceded_by = Small Betrayals
followed_by = Selective Memory

Second Thoughts is a novel written by Shobhaa De.

"Second Thoughts" is a love story about Maya, a pretty girl who is eager to escape her dull, middle-class home in Calcutta for the glamour of Mumbai, where she moves after marriage to Ranjan, a handsome, ambitious man who has an American university degree and a wealthy family background.

Maya is determined to be the ideal wife, but finds herself trapped and stifled by the confines of an arranged marriage to a man who, she discovers, is rigidly conservative and completely indifferent to her desires. She begins to experience the utter loneliness of a stranger in suburban Mumbai.

She strikes up a friendship with Nikhil, her charming, college-going neighbor, and the stage is set for an explosive tale of love, betrayal and paths not taken.


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