Eventually, they find middle ground, of all places, in learning how to craft and write erotic stories. But the women who show up for the class-all Sikh widows-are expecting to learn basic literacy. Though she’s distanced herself from the Sikh community, she ends up taking a job teaching a creative writing course at a Punjabi community center. It’s about Nikki, a twenty-something daughter of Indian immigrants, who lives on her own in west London. Oh how wrong I was! This book kept showing up in different places so I finally decided to give it a try and I’m glad I did.
I kept walking, though, without picking the book up, because it didn’t sound like something that I’d be interested in reading. If you like British history, WWII-era novels, and spunky lead characters, give The Golden Hour a try.Įrotic Stories for Punjabi Widows-what a title! Somebody had left a hardcopy of this novel outside of our marina a few months ago and it made me stop and laugh. I enjoyed Williams’s fictional spin on actual events coming from the voice of the main character, Lulu, and how the story unfolds to connect her with the life and history of Elfriede, the other protagonist. It is believed that the Windsors were Nazi sympathizers, and The Golden Hour creates an interesting story around their lavish lifestyle that was laced with deceit and political tension during their time in the Bahamas.
Lulu’s column focuses on the real-life Duke and Duchess of Windsor the Duke, the former King of the United Kingdom who abdicated so he could marry Wallis Simpson, later known as the Duchess of Windsor, was appointed governor of the Bahamas in 1940. It tells the story of Leonora “Lulu” Randolph, a fictional reporter who arrives in Nassau in 1941 to write a magazine society column, and Elfriede, a woman “recovering” in a Swedish infirmary from postpartum depression in 1900. I’ve read and enjoyed all of her books ( see them here) and The Golden Hour didn’t disappoint. Beatriz Williams is one of my go-to authors for historical fiction.
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