You bring the distant near
From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar Straus Giroux,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions. Ranee worries that her children are losing their Indian culture. Sonia is wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair Tara seeks the limelight to hide her true self. Shanti desperately tries to make peace in the family. Anna fights to preserve Bengal tigers and her Bengali identity. As each Das woman decides which Bengali traditions to uphold in America, one hard truth remains: some scars take generations to heal. |
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| Physical Description: | 303 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780374304904 (hardcover) 0374304904 (hardcover) |
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