When Dimple Met Rishi

ISBN: 1481478699

Author: Menon, Sandhya

Condition: New

The inspiration for the Netflix original series Mismatched!A New York Times bestsellerA Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)An NPR Best Book of 2017A BuzzFeed Best YA Book of 2017A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2017A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book of 2017A Bustle Best YA Novel of 2017A PopSugar Best Young Adult Novel of 2017A Book Riot Best Book of 2017A Paste Magazine Best Young Adult Novel of 2017Utterly charming. -Mindy KalingEffervescent. -Chicago TribuneFull of warm characters and sweet romance. -Entertainment WeeklyGet ready to fall in love with Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel. -HelloGigglesThe rom-com everyones talking about! Eleanor & Park meets Bollywood in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about two Indian-American teens whose parents conspire to arrange their marriage.Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, shes more than ready for a break from her family, from Mammas inexplicable obsession with her finding the Ideal Indian Husband. Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldnt have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developersright?Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him-wherein hell have to woo her-hes totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself.The Shahs and Patels didnt mean to start turning the wheels on this suggested arrangement so early in their childrens lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not?Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.