Wife (novel)

Wife (1975) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee.The book was originally published by Houghton Mifflin. ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Wife

First edition
Author	Bharati Mukherjee
Language	English
Published	1975 Houghton Mifflin
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	213 pp
ISBN	0-395-20439-9
OCLC	1176882
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.M9555 Wi3 PR9499.3.M77
Preceded by	The Tiger's Daughter (1971)
Followed by	Darkness (1985)

Plot summary

This is the story of Dimple Dasgupta who has an arranged marriage to Amit Basu, an engineer, instead of marrying a neurosurgeon as she had dreamed about. They move to the United States and experience culture shock and loneliness. At one point, she jumps rope to escape her pregnancy. As frustration becomes expressed as abuse, the tale turns to tragedy with the murder of her husband, Amit at the end.