Dial A For Aunties Summary
Jesse Q. Sutanto

Dial A For Aunties Overview

Jesse Q. Sutanto's Dial A For Aunties is a genre-bending novel set at an island wedding over the course of a single weekend. Meddelin is a 26-year-old woman who works and lives with her overbearing Ma and three aunts. Together, they all run a wedding company. When the aunties set Meddelin up on a blind-date, things go horribly wrong, and Meddelin ends up with the body of her date in the trunk of her car. As the five women scramble to hide the corpse and prepare for the biggest wedding of their careers, Meddelin’s college sweetheart turns up and further complicates the situation. The novel explores burdens, growing up, culture, perfectionism, and idealism