Ali, Monica

A Bangladeshi woman challenges her fate and imagines a life full of passion and purpose.

Provides an alternate history of Princess Diana's life had she survived the fatal car accident that claimed her life in 1997. Imagines the toll of celebrity on Diana's life and what lengths she will go to reinvent herself and what happens when the past threatens to destroy her new life.

Gabriel Lightfoot, who attempts to run a successful kitchen staff at the Imperial Hotel, meets constant challenges from his staff, hotel management, and business partners, and when a worker is found dead in the establishment's basement, the delicate balance of Gabe's life begins to fall apart.

Nanzeen, married off to an older man, moves from her Bangladeshi village to live with him in London in the 1980s and 1990s, where she raises a family, learns to love her husband, and comes to a realization that she has a voice in her own life.

Nanzeen, married off to an older man, moves from her Bangladeshi village to live with him in London in the 1980s and 1990s, where she raises a family, learns to love her husband, and comes to a realization that she has a voice in her own life.