Tea for Two and a Piece of Cake by Mrs. Anita Ponmalar, Asst. Professor, Dept of English

        This story would interest a casual reader who needs a book to read with a piece of cake and tea. It is the story of a young woman who consider herself ‘plain Jane’. The many circumstances that throw her and her boss together develop a relationship between them that ends up in a marriage. But did the marriage bring the best in her? We need to read the story through to find it. The story jumps back and forth just like memories often do. The style is simple and conveys the feelings of a woman honestly. But there are instances where one wonders if conscience can be silenced by a simple ‘shut up’? I would have wanted my heroine to say ‘no’ to causal relationships getting deeper even before one is proposed to.

     Even though women in India have fallen behind may centuries now, the Tamilians/Indians come from a cultural background which has taught women to make wise choices fearlessly. I would want Indians/Tamilians women to claim what is their own culturally rather than following Western Feminist ideas blindly.

      However, a happy ending life to the burdens off and leaves the reader with contentment. 

       Preethi Shenoy has two national best sellers to her credit and has multifarious interests. This may not be a book that compels you read again and again but can be read once with pleasure.

                                                                                                  Review by,
                                                                                                   Mrs. Anita Ponmalar,
                                                                                                       Asst. Professor, 

                                                                                                     Dept of English