But Harriet Sangster threatened to bring — had already brought — sex into the Ghorami household, and she could not be neutered by a flick of the switch.
-- Narrator (Chapter 2)

Importance: When Yasmin’s family first meets Harriet, Yasmin is obsessed with her fear that the families' differences in opinions of sex will be the biggest issue they will have to overcome. Yasmin soon discovers that these differing opinions about sex will be the least of her worries.

At home her English sounded perfectly normal to Yasmin, but sometimes — like now — Yasmin heard her mother as she sounded to others, and though it was an unfair reaction she couldn’t help it: it made her cringe.
-- Narrator (Chapter 5)

Importance: Yasmin is critical of both her parents when they go to visit Harriet. She is particularly critical of her mother and her poor grasp of the English language. This quote demonstrates how self-centered and immature Yasmin was in her...