Belgrave Road: A Love Story

This story of Mira (newly arrived in London from India after an arranged marriage to Rajiv) and Talhiil (newly arrived from Somalia to rejoin the mother he hasn't seen for 15 years) was engrossing right from the beginning. I found Mira's struggle to make a life for herself very interesting, and I appreciated the fact that the author gave her a loving mother-in-law and Talhiil sympathetic employers. Rupal and Chantelle's story felt a bit tacked on, but I liked the way the author showed that Rajiv's family had its own issues to deal with.

I found the ending disappointingly unresolved and there were things I didn't understand along the way:

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Where did her family think Mira was during all the times she spent with Talhiil? On what show more basis was Talhiil claiming asylum? It sounded as if the traumatic violence he couldn't bear to think about occurred on his journey to the UK, and at the end he contemplates moving back to Somalia with Mira. show less