A heartwarming story about family, sisterhood and being a woman across cultures. As an immigrant with family dispersed around the world, it was easy to relate to.

I honestly didn't even get a chance to read this because the publisher decided to approve me for this title on the day it was being archived....
Yeah, real strange.

A great story with well-developed characters. The sisters' relationships and their relationships with their mother was well done. I read through this one in a day. Really enjoyable!

I tried so hard to like this book! I found the sisters relatable, but ultimately, I didn't care about them or their journey.

I need to start this review by stating I'm not usually a reader of "women's fiction". But, it's good to stretch my reading habits and the Indian setting appealed to me. The descriptions of India through the eyes of the Indian-background Shergill sisters were wonderful because they were multi-faceted, observing through the eyes of tourists as well the eyes of those seeing their own family story in a new light. The problems of India are not overlooked. I especially appreciated the sisters' perspectives on how women were treated, the care they needed to take, the ideas of family honor. All of that was wonderful. I did not enjoy the twisted threads of family and personal dynamics. Was this a problem with the book? No. I'm just not the right reader for it. I would recommend it to those who like family dramas.

This was a very enjoyable and entertaining book. The story is about three sisters, who are asked to go on a pilgrimage to India aftter their mother's death/suicide. One daughter is dealing with her teenage son who is about to marry a woman more than double his age. The other daughter is an actress whose career has not really taken off. The third daughter went the arranged marriage route by her own choice and is now living in Australia with her new husband and his rather bossy mother-in-law. As the pilgrimage starts, the reader learns more of the background of each of the daughters and the relationship with their parents and sisters. There are some funny parts to the story but also some sad moments. A good book with an entertaining yet unusual story.

This is a heartwarming story of three sisters fulfilling their mothers last wish. The sisters have their own lives - and that comes with difficulties and growing pains along the way. This story is laced with topics such as fulfilling the lives people wish of you and those you wish to live for yourself and how they can be very different.

I genuinely liked all three sisters and found something to love in all of them. I won't go into any specific plot points but I think that this was such a good read and anyone should try it out that is looking a different kind growing up story. In the end we're all growing through our experiences and what those experiences turn us into isn't necessarily the same person as we started.

This book is amazing! Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows is one of my favorite books and Jaswal did not disappoint in her second novel. Well-written and atmospheric, this book is full of killer wit surrounding a family drama with layers that just keep unraveling. I'm recommending it to everyone who comes to the store. So good.

I absolutely loved this book. It was the perfect dose of family drama and comedy. I loved the authenticity of the Indian culture that was provided throughout the entire story. The concept of respecting tradition while making one's own decisions is a wonderfully relative thing to read about. While this book is completely difficult for me to relate to in some ways, it was also extremely relatable in the ways of discourse among family members and the love that a family shares for one another. Great read!

I loved this authors previous ebook, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, so I was excited to read his one. I love the story of the sisters and their complicated relationships with each other and their mother. A great book!

I loved this title. Not only is the cover beautiful, but it did not disappoint. I've challenged myself to read books outside my comfort zone (like race, nationality, etc.) and this was a wonderful pick. Family ties and obligations exist across all boundaries and it was enlightening to see this from a perspective different from my own. I highly recommend this and cannot wait until enough of my friends have read it to have a great discussion!

The author does an amazing job of taking us inside of a traditional Sikh Indian world. We see this world through the eyes of three very modern, worldly sisters who grew up in England and have just lost their mother to cancer. Her dying request was that they go on a pilgrimage together to India to spread her ashes. They soon find that in the motherland women live a very different life and they must adapt quickly or face dangers. Here women must dress modestly, stay in at night and do as they are told my the men of the family. Each of the sisters is keeping their own secrets which become difficult to conceal from one another during their journey.

I read this book over the Mother's Day holiday which was particularly poignant for me since this book is all about three daughters trying to make peace with their deceased mother's memory. They try to honor her and forgive her and themselves. I thought their was a lot that was interesting in this book but it also was a tad slow in the first half.

I really enjoyed the second half of this book. The first half was so slow and had so much detail. I found myself skimming, and I had trouble caring about the characters. There was so much petty fighting and he said/she said. It was a lot to get through. However, the second half of the book was worth the wait. It was great.

Sisters, they can be such a pain sometimes! But then, it's always best to have them when life gets seriously bumpy.

Three modern sisters of Indian descent are required to take a trip to India together to fulfill their recently deceased mother's last wishes. Longstanding irritation and rivalries make for a bumpy start but by the end, those issues don't matter quite so much. If you ever wanted a glimpse into Indian culture, pick up a copy of this book for a partial reveal.

Luminous!

A journey undertaken by the British Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia to scatter their mothers ashes in India becomes a pilgrimage towards love, understanding and acceptance, and a reworking of the bond that threads sisters together.
Three Sikh sisters reunite to meet their mother last request and in doing so uncover so much more.
A stunning story of family, that also uncovers practices and prevalent attitudes towards women, touching on inheritance, the bias against female babies, along with tenets of faith and devotion, and the tension these attributes bring for the more modern woman.
Jezmeen, the actress who seems to go on free-for-all binges and rants that have her worst moments captured on YouTube.
Rajni, the eldest sister who is responsible, uptight and disapproving.
Shirnia, who hides a secret that will be exposed, and in that exposure finds the support and acceptance she so desperately craves.
As the journey continues, the sisters' relationship become more transparent and some of the past becomes clear.
I loved these sisters' interactions, the exposure of their fears and desires, their past hurts and their growing together. I laughed and I cried for the complexities and the many misunderstandings, countered by moments of joy and empathy, as their pilgrimage became a homage to their mother's wisdom and their return to each other.
Wonderful!

A Harper Collins ARC via NetGalley

This book follows Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina, three sisters who have been guilted into a pilgrimage to their ancestral homeland per their mother’s last request. Jaswal makes sure that this “grief pilgrimage” isn’t too dark though – with mistakes and calamity following the sisters everywhere. Part mystery, comedy, disastrous travelogue, and social commentary, this book also has characters that grew on me as their history was revealed. All three siblings have secrets, struggles, and life-long grudges that they are dealing with alone throughout the book until they can’t anymore. Definitely a well-written book that I’d recommend for a variety of readers who are interested in the various genres listed above.

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review of #ShergillSisters

This is an engaging story of three British born Punjabi sisters who travel together to India in order to fulfill the request of their recently deceased mother. As adults, Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina have all followed different paths, moving away from the difficult relationship with their mother, and the often strained relationships with each other. Each sister is carrying her own secrets and slowly the past and the current secrets are revealed to the reader as well as the sisters.

This is a powerful, funny and often heart-breaking novel. The characters are complex and sympathetic. Jaswel does an excellent job of depicting the often complicated bonds between, mothers, daughters and sisters and the culture and ambiance of India jumps right from the pages. Fans of women’s fiction and contemporary fiction will certainly enjoy this novel.

Writing: 4/5 Plot: 3.5/5 Characters: 4/5

A family drama steeped in a colorful Punjabi travelogue.

The three Shergill sisters reluctantly make a summer pilgrimage to India to fulfill their mother’s dying request. Plodding through an extensive and detailed itinerary, each is simultaneously dealing with a personal crisis she is unwilling to share with the others. Hyper-responsible Rajni is reeling from the discovery that her 18-year old son has vowed to marry a woman twice his age; Wild Jezmeen is suspended from her role as DisasterTube host due to an unfortunate interaction with a highly sensitive Arowana fish (the fish didn’t make it); and Shirina, who arranged her own marriage to a traditional Indian man and his controlling mother, has a particularly distressing secret mission for the trip.

Good writing with some interesting and topical social commentary. I consider it chick-lit — disasters are all successfully avoided and it willingly supplies the mandatory happy ending. The family is Sikh and there was some information on Sikh heritage, practices, and monuments, though not as much as I would have liked. It did spur a quick Wikipedia check which I found useful and interesting.

Many of the story threads address different issues faced by women in this region of India and traditional Sikh communities around the world. These affect the story in multiple ways, though primarily from the outside (our heroines are second generation British immigrants with little identification with their Indian heritage).

Overall an interesting read.

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters felt like a light hearted romp at the beginning, in spite of the premise that they are making a pilgrimage to holy sites in the Punjab in their mother's place and spread her ashes. The book was funny, sad, and thought provoking all at the same time and provided a snapshot into the lives of women in India today and their continuing struggles to achieve equality. I had a hard time putting it down and felt truly involved in the life of the characters.

I really enjoyed Balli Kaur Jaswal's previous book, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, but thought this one was even better. I highly recommend it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me this free copy in exchange for a review.

I was excited to read this book after enjoying Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. Jaswal presents three very different sisters trying to fulfill their late mother's wish by traveling together through India. I appreciated the storytelling from each of their perspectives, but some were better developed than others. Shirina felt pretty one dimensional throughout most of the story, and while I understand the reason for holding back some information about her, I think it kept me somewhat emotionally uninvolved. This book is worth a read, I did enjoy it. But I had pretty high hopes, and it just didn't live up.