Operation Mom

When you try to set your mom's life right be prepared to have your own life turned upside down. Seventeen-year-old Ila Isham has serious problems. There's the angst of being an Ali Zafar groupie for one. Then there are the extra layers of fat she owes to her part-Punjabi roots. Add to this parents who have separated; an enthusiastic best friend whose idea of variety is dating three guys at the same time; and her mom's best friend Aunty Maleeka whose good intentions and savvy ways throw up more problems than solutions -and Ila's got her hands quite full. When her mother flips out over her plans to stalk Ali Zafar Ila decides she has had enough and sets out to create a few distractions to keep her mom busy. With a little help from BFF Deepali Aunty Maleeka and Dev of the inviting chocolate-pool eyes Ila will have to brave everything from Lagan.com and OKCupid profiles to meeting handlebar-moustache colonels and middle-aged psychos as she tries to set up the perfect parent trap for her unsuspecting mother.

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