The House of Hidden Mothers

Dazzling. Intense and gritty at times, sparkling and hilarious at others. I found it absorbing, witty, joyous and moving…and that’s all I really want from a book!

JO BRAND

Wise, witty and warm - a deliciously exotic feast of a book, spiced with the two best ingredients, love and laughter

KATHY LETTE

Through her novels, screenwriting and acting Meera Syal has not only changed the way Britain sees British Asians, but how British Asians see and talk about themselves. It is no surprise that her new, much-anticipated, novel is totally original and important and true.

SATNAM SANGHERA

A delicately written, profound study of the female condition in the rich world and the poor. The gifted Syal does it again.

Independent

Surely the makings of a hit ... This book is bound to delight many readers, who will embrace Syal's well-chosen subject, her warm and witty voice and her passionate involvement with the world.

Sunday Times

Wonderfully candid .. Syal’s main achievement with this rumbustious, confrontational and ultimately heartbreaking book has been to turn the standard British-Asian displacement narrative on its head

Guardian

Witty and moving

Fabulous Magazine

Sharp comedy

A Marie-Claire magazine Must-Read

Great read

A Woman and Home Great Read

Sprawling, humorous, sensitive

Metro

For sheer scope and ambition Syal makes Dickens and Tolstoy seem single minded. She pulls it off with panache.

Independent

Warm, witty, exotic. This wise, indignant novel goes many miles beyond your average celebrity effusion.

Kate Saunders, The Times

Deeply impressive .. Syal has done a beautiful job on the very modern problems faced by women everywhere, and the compromises they make and the inevitability of ageing.

Sunday Express

Syal's main achievement with this rumbustious, confrontational and heartbreaking book has been to turn the stand British-Asian displacement narrative on its head.

Alfred Hickling, Guardian

A frank and beautifully written tale of friendship and motherhood.

Candis Magazine

Funny, wise, warm, confidently straddling the contrasting cultures of Britain and India and acutely perceptive about both.

Daily Mail

Gives much food for thought. I can imagine many reading groups debating this well into the evening. Highly recommended.

New Books Magazine

Funny, direct and very topical. Syal's compelling novel touches on red-hot feminine issues that cry out to be discussed, preferably in a book group, with plenty of wine.

Saga Magazine

Really good books have a way of transporting the reader to places they'd never normally go to, opening their eyes to experiences and isssues they wouldn't otherwise consider. Meera Syal does all this and more. A beautifully written novel about female friendship, surrogacy and the problems of late parenthood.

Eastern Eye

Rich, sensual, earthy and utterly unforced. I was transported.

MICHAEL ATTENBOROUGH, CBE

Moving and incredibly funny at the same time. A great achievement.

RICHARD E. GRANT