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If the brutal energies of animal existence were not restrained , the novel argues , they would reduce civilisation to chaos . By incorporating a view of reality closer to Native American sensibilities , the novel participates in a kind of magic realism , and by centering on a murder investigation , it gives credit to genre fiction . I think that this novel plays a little bit to those conventions . The story of three childhood friends - - Tania , an independent woman who pursues a glamorous television career ; Sunita , a former law student , who opts for marriage and motherhood ; and innocent Chila , who captures the heart of the highly desirable Deepak - - Meera Syal 's novel examines the lives of three Indian women as they come of age in London . Little did Rahul Ram , Susmit Sen , Asheem Chakravarthy and Amit Kilam imagine when they first jammed together that they would blaze novel trails , and win international recognition as with the " Pick of the Fringe Festival " nomination at Edinburgh . An Oprah Book Club pick , Berg 's novel examines the damage wrought by divorce upon one woman 's life .