Brick Lane
Brick Lane
by Monica Ali
Adults
A Bangladeshi village girl married to an older man in London slowly finds her own voice.
- Author
- Monica Ali
- Age
- For grown-ups
- Type
- Diversity & Identity, Novel
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Readers rate it
- 3.46 / 5 on Goodreads
- In India
- Available
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