The Perfect Match (a novel)

Product Description

A novel, set in the Catholic Goan world of Bombay in the 1990s. Young Adrienne Alvares gets a summer job as a housekeeper. There, she meets people, learns much about life outside her college, family and friends. But this is also a time to realise that money or status can't find true love. She finds this in the tall, dark and handsome Eric Miranda -- the man who holds the key to her heart, mind and soul. Encounter the Alvareses, the Mirandas, the Braganzas, the Sequeiras, and the Almeidas in this contemporary romance, set in Bombay and Goa.

About the Author

Maria de Lima Pereira is a journalist for the past 14 years. She has worked in Goa on feature writing and editing articles on social issues, education, lifestyle, children, youth and food. Raised and educated in Bombay (now Mumbai), her novel reflects a milieu from there. She is an alumna of the Sophia College for Women, Mumbai. Her interests include reading, writing, music, travel, cuisine and theatre. This is her first book, with plans in the pipeline.