Summary/ Koi Good News?

Author: Zarreen Khan

Subject: 

“Koi Good News” is a humorous novel by Zarreen Khan that revolves around the challenges and comedic situations faced by a couple trying to conceive. The subject of the book is fertility, parenthood, and the societal pressure surrounding these topics, presented in a light and entertaining manner.

Genre Literary Fiction

Characters : Laila, Mona, Ramit, Shania,

Summary

The hilarious private journal of a highly public pregnancy.

When Mona Mathur of Dehradun married her college sweetheart, Ramit Deol of Amritsar, there were two things she wasn’t prepared for:

1. The size of the Deol family it put any Sooraj Barjatya movie to shame.

2. The fertility of the Deol family they reproduced faster than any other species known to mankind.

It’s been four years since their wedding, and Mona and Ramit have done the unthinkable they’ve remained childless.Of course, that also means that they’ve battled that one question day in and day out: ‘Koi Good News?’

It doesn’t matter that they have been happy to be child-free they are married; they are expected to make babies.After all, there are grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles, aunts and even colony aunties in waiting.

Now, the truth is, Ramit and Mona had been trying to conceive for the past one year. But having a baby isn’t as easy as it’s made out to be.

Finally, aided by the wine at their highly glamorous neighbours’ party, Mona gets pregnant.And so begins a crazy journey complete with interfering relatives, nosy neighbours, disapproving doctors, and absolutely no privacy!