Straight As A Jalebi by Ritu Bhathal
On Tour 12th – 18th June 2023
Publication Day: 1st June 2023 by SpellBound Books
Who knew that an innocent trip to India in the year 2000 would have such an impact on his life?Â
Sunny had only gone as a chaperone for his sister and her best friend and to attend to a few business matters. He ended up with a deal that would change the shape of his professional future and possibly his personal one too.
Battling the pressures of marriage by his family isn’t Sunny’s only fight, as he finds his feelings for a certain ‘friend’ may be more than just friendship.
But how can he tell anyone how he truly feels? Because the road to love isn’t always straight…
Meet Ritu Bhathal
Ritu Bhathal was born in Birmingham in the mid-1970s to migrant parents, hailing from Kenya but of Indian origin. This colourful background has been a constant source of inspiration to her. From childhood, she always enjoyed reading. This love of books is credited to her mother. The joy of reading spurred her on to become creative in her writing, from fiction to poetry. Winning little writing competitions at school and locally encouraged her to continue writing.Â
As a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and teacher, she has drawn inspiration from many avenues to create the poems that she writes. A qualified teacher, having studied at Kingston University, she now deals with classes of children as a sideline to her writing!
Ritu also writes a blog, www.butismileanyway.com, a mixture of life and creativity, thoughts and opinions, which was awarded first place in the Best Overall Blog Category at the 2017 Annual Bloggers Bash Awards and Best Book Blog in 2019.
Ritu is happily married and living in Kent, with her Hubby Dearest, and two children, not forgetting the fur baby Sonu Singh.
Book Tour Schedule
| June 12th | June 13th | June 14th |
|---|---|---|
| Hair Past A Freckle | snowphiethebookworm (IG) | Portable Magic |
| Me and my bookshelf | dreaming_of_selfcare (IG) | Zooloo’s Book Diary |
| SisterlySerendipity |
| June 15th | June 16th | June 17th |
|---|---|---|
| Silkybookloverfun (IG) | Tangents and Tissues (FB) | Books by Bindu |
| Herding Cats | Me And My Books | book_a_holic_17 (IG) |
| Sue loves to read |
| June 18th | ||
|---|---|---|
| bianca_reads_books (IG) | ||
| The Strawberry Post | ||
| Dee100309 (IG) |
