Unladylike: A Memoir - Softcover

Vaz, Radhika

Softcover

ISBN 10: 938306417X ISBN 13: 9789383064175

Publisher: Aleph Book Company, 2015

Synopsis

Unladylike is a memoir that spans four decades of the author's life. From stories about a childhood spent wishing she could change everything about her self (including her parents), to her chronically delayed puberty, and the self esteem issues that accompany a flat chest, Vaz doesn't pull any punches. She takes us through her college years, where under the vigilance of Catholic nuns she grappled with a major decision-to have or not have premarital sex as well as the discovery that the female body is capable of some very strange sounds at very inappropriate times. Out of respect for various exboyfriends, she will dwell on just one man-her wheateating, milkdrinking Jat husband. From their extralong courtship (that he didn't tell his mother about), to their wedding day and beyond, there are lessons for every girl who has ever thought 'one day I'd like to be married'. The lesson is: 'Don't say you weren't warned.'

About this title

About the Author

Radhika Vaz is a comedian who has trained with members of the prestigious Groundlings School in Los Angeles, as well as at the Upright Citizens Brigade and The Magnet Theatre in New York city. Her first onewoman show 'Unladylike: The Pitfalls of Propriety' has played to soldout audiences in New York, Los Angeles, Mumbai, New Delhi, Gurgaon and Bangalore, and she has been performing her second show 'Older. Angrier. Hairier' since July 2013. She is a freelance writer and has written for Chicken Soup for The Indian Couples' Soul. She has a fortnightly column, 'Read it and weep', which appears in the Times of India.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aleph Book Company
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 938306417X
• ISBN 13: 9789383064175
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 216