TY - BOOK AU - Murty, Sudha TI - House of cards SN - 9780143420361 (pbk.) U1 - 823.914 PY - 2013/// CY - Gurgaon PB - Penguin Books KW - Indic fiction (English) KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Married people KW - India--Bangalore KW - Social conditions KW - Ethics KW - Women--Social conditions N1 - https://penguin.co.in/book/house-of-cards N2 - House of Cards is the story of Mridula, a bright young woman with enormous enthusiasm for life who hails from a Karnataka village. A chance meeting with Sanjay, a talented but impoverished doctor, leads to love and the couple marry and settle in Bangalore. The more Mridula sees of the world, the more she realizes how selfish and materialistic people can be, but she does not take the ups and downs of life to heart and lives each day with positive energy. Trouble brews when Sanjay quits his government job and starts an immensely successful private practice ER -