A child who could, and did, do her very best to assimilate and adapt to the world in which she was now immersed. Or when she was of an age to be in elementary school in the U.S. Her parents immigrated from India to the United States when Preeti was still in elementary school. Not that Preeti Desai doesn’t begin this story in a state of confusion – or that her entire history isn’t fraught with it. Preeti is caught between two worlds, two perspectives, and multiple variations of all of those different versions of love. The love between a parent and their child, the love between all the members of an interconnected family, the love between friends, and the hope of love that might grow in spite of all the forces arrayed against.Įspecially when one of those loves – or all of them – confuse the pluperfect crap out of us. “That love is all there is is all we know of love.” Not just romantic love, but love in all its forms. Torn between two beautifully flawed cultures, Preeti must now untangle what home truly means to her. Surrounded by the sights and sounds of her heritage, Preeti catches a startling glimpse of her family's battles with class, tradition, and sacrifice. Years later, with her parents not speaking to her and her controversial relationship in tatters, all Preeti has left is her career at a prestigious Los Angeles law firm.īut when Preeti receives word of a terrible accident in the city where she was born, she returns to India, where she'll have to face her estranged parents.and the complicated past they left behind.
All she did was fall in love with a white Christian carnivore instead of a conventional Indian boy. In Mansi Shah's stunning debut novel, a family tragedy beckons a first-generation immigrant to the city of her birth, where she grapples with her family's past in search of where she truly belongs.Īfter her parents moved her and her brother to America, Preeti Desai never meant to tear her family apart. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Published by Lake Union Publishing on December 7, 2021 Genres: relationship fiction, women's fiction
But when Preeti receives word of an accident, she returns to India, where she will have to face her parents Cataloging source WIQ Shah, Mansi Dewey number 813/.6 Index no index present LC call number PS3619.Source: supplied by publisher via NetGalleyįormats available: paperback, ebook, audiobook All she did was fall in love with a white Christian carnivore. Language eng Summary Preeti never meant to tear her family apart.
Label The taste of ginger : a novel Title The taste of ginger Title remainder a novel Statement of responsibility Mansi Shah Creator
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