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Life isnt all ha ha hee hee was so engrossing that i missed my stop and had to walk about a mile more, and i was only upset that it took me that much longer to get back to reading. The novel revolves round three women of near about thirties named chila, tania and sunita. Both heartwarming and heartbreaking, its inspired by the juxtaposition of two news. Life isnt all ha ha hee hee is the story of chila, a nice punjabi girl married to the urbane deepak, and her two childhood confidants. Meera syals life isnt all ha ha hee hee and anita and me. Politics behind the i in life isnt all ha ha hee hee and the hope chest anonymous college.
That the britishborn, indiandescended syal herself is no stranger to soaps is abundantly clear in her writing. Tv film adaptation of the meera syal autobiography for bbc. The tumultuous journey towards the search for identity is a trajectory that many characters deal with in novels. Life isnt all ha ha hee hee tv series 2005 full cast.
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