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After their mother’s sudden death, Linno and Anju are raised in Kerala by a Christian father and a superstitious grandmother. Anju wins a scholarship to a New York school, choosing dreams over sisterly ties. Immersed in a Hindu‑American host family, she faces cultural clashes and a documentary‑movie plot, only to flee into a Queens beauty salon after tangled lies. Linno rejects an arranged suitor and uses her artistic talents to start a business, then embarks on her own journey to America to find her missing sister. Their individual quests converge, unveiling hidden family truths and redefining the sisters’ sense of home, independence, and identity.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Tania James
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