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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorMs. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
G. Willow Wilson · 120 pages
Secret Daughter
Shilpi Somaya Gowda · 352 pages
On the eve of the monsoons, in a remote Indian village, Kavita gives birth to a baby girl. But in a culture that favors sons, the only way for Kavita to save her newborn daughter's life is to give her away. It is a decision that will haunt her and her husband for the rest of their lives, even after the arrival of their cherished son.Halfway around the globe, Somer, an American doctor, decides to a
Queen Of Dreams
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 336 pages
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri · 352 pages
These eight stories by beloved and bestselling author Jhumpa Lahiri take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life. Here they enter the worlds of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers. Rich with the signature gifts that have established Jhumpa Lahiri as one of our most essential writers,
Invisible Lives
Anjali Banerjee · 284 pages
Lakshmi Sen, a young woman who has the uncanny ability perceive people's secret longings, puts her gift to use in her widowed mother's Seattle sari shop--finding fabrics that ease a bride's cold feet, evoke a widow's first love, and even soothes a young autistic boy's fears. Her reputation draws the interest of Bollywood star Asha Rae, but whenever the Rae's charming chauffeur Nick is around, Laks
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang · 240 pages
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.
American Street
Ibi Zoboi · 324 pages
When Fabiola's mother is detained upon their arrival to the United States, Fabiola must navigate her loud American cousins, the grittiness of Detroit's west side, a new school, and a surprising romance all on her own.
The Girl in the Garden
Kamala Nair · 305 pages
When Rakhee Singh is ten years old, her mother takes her from their Minnesota home to visit relatives in India. There she discovers a family secret that will haunt her. Only as a woman on the verge of marriage does Rakhee find the strength to confront the events of that summer and face the price of secrets.
The Agüero Sisters
Cristina Garcia · 336 pages
The Saffron Kitchen
Yasmin Crowther · 271 pages
In a powerful debut novel that moves between the crowded streets of London and the desolate mountains of Iran, Yasmin Crowther paints a stirring portrait of a family shaken by events from decades ago and worlds away. On a rainy day in London the dark secrets and troubled past of Maryam Mazar surface violently, with tragic consequences for her daughter, Sara, and her newly orphaned nephew. Maryam l
Serving Crazy with Curry
Amulya Malladi · 285 pages
Between the pressures to marry and become a traditional Indian wife and the humiliation of losing her job in Silicon Valley, Devi is on the edge--where the only way out seems to be to jump. . . .Yet Devi's plans to "end it all" fall short when she is saved by the last person she wants to see: her mother. Forced to move in with her parents until she recovers, Devi refuses to speak. Instead, she coo
You Bring the Distant Near
Mitali Perkins · 303 pages
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.
Laurinda
Alice Pung · 352 pages
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie · 548 pages
The Abundance
Amit Majmudar · 255 pages
"Mala and Ronak are surprisingly less comfortable with their dual Indian and American roots than their parents, part of an immigrant community that has happily embraced the New World. Told that their mother is about to die, they return home to the Midwest, where Mala persuades Ronak that they should immerse themselves in Indian culture by learning to cook their mother's favorite recipes. Then Rona
The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
Jasmin Darznik · 330 pages
The author relates a wrenching hidden story of her family's true origins in Iran: her mother's troubled history of abuse and neglect, and a daughter, Sara, whom she was forced to abandon in order to escape that life.
Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
Faiza Guene · 179 pages
Struggling with an overworked mother, an absent father, and the challenges of life within the infamous Paradise projects of suburban Paris, fifteen-year-old French Muslim Doria endures a parade of social workers, experiences a first kiss, and assumes a philosophical outlook regarding her circumstances.
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Marjane Satrapi · 187 pages
187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmGN500L Lexile
Wait for Me
An Na · 169 pages
As her senior year in high school approaches, Mina yearns to find her own path in life but working at the family business, taking care of her little sister, and dealing with her mother's impossible expectations are as stifling as the southern California heat, until she falls in love with a man who offers a way out.
Bitter Melon
Cara Chow · 309 pages
Frances, a Chinese-American student in a competitive school in San Francisco in the 1980s, begins to question her mother's insistence that she becomes a doctor when she accidentally enrolls in a speech class and discovers a hidden talent. Frances, a Chinese American student in a competitive school in San Francisco in the 1980s, begins to question her mother's insistence that she become a doctor w
The Hindi-Bindi Club
Monica Pradhan · 448 pages
For decades they have remained close, sharing treasured recipes, honored customs, and the challenges of women shaped by ancient ways yet living modern lives. They are the Hindi-Bindi Club, a nickname given by their American daughters to the mothers who left India to start anew -- daughters now grown and facing struggles of their own. For Kiran, Preity, and Rani, adulthood bears the indelible stamp
That Girl From Nowhere
Dorothy Koomson
Lovetorn
Kavita Daswani
Having just moved from India to Los Angeles for two years, sixteen-year-old Shalini struggles to fit in at school and to keep house for her clinically-depressed mother, but the real challenge comes when she begins falling in love with an American boy despite being engaged since the age of three. Includes glossary.