A Good Indian Wife: A Novel
by Anne Cherian
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Author: Anne CherianEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-07
ISBN: 0393065235
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Summary of A Good Indian Wife: A Novel
A clash of hearts and cultures set against the divergent backdrops of rural India and downtown San Francisco.
Handsome anesthesiologist Neel prides himself on his decisiveness, both in and out of the operating room. So when he agrees to return to India to visit his ailing grandfather, he is sure he?ll be able to resist his family?s pleas that he marry a ?good? Indian girl. With a girlfriend and a promising career back in San Francisco, the last thing Neel needs is an arranged marriage. Leila is a thirty-year-old teacher in Neel?s family?s village who has watched too many prospective husbands come and go to think her newest suitor will be any different. She is well past prime marrying age; her family has no money for a dowry; and then there?s the matter of an old friendship with a Muslim boy named Janni. Neel and Leila struggle to reconcile their own desires with the expectations of others in this riveting story of two people, two countries, and two ways of life that may be more compatible than they seem.Women's Fiction Books
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