Shyama, a forty-eight-year-old London divorcee, already has an unruly teenage daughter, but that doesn’t stop her and her younger lover, Toby, from wanting a child together. Their relationship may look like a cliche, but despite the news from her doctor that she no longer has any viable eggs, Shyama’s not ready to give up on their dream of having a baby. So they decide to find an Indian surrogate to carry their child, which is how they meet Mala, a young woman trapped in an oppressive marriage in a small Indian town from which she’s desperate to escape. But as the pregnancy progresses, they discover that their simple arrangement may be far more complicated than it seems.
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Meera Syal is an actress and writer, known for her performances in the films Beautiful Thing and Scoop, as well as the television show, The Kumars at No. 42. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1997 for her services to the performing arts.