Do you have a favourite book that makes you happy? Here is the Selfvibe review team’s favourite books which do just that.
No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal
This story is set in a suburb outside Cleveland where a community of Indian Americans has settled. Harit is a lonely Indian immigrant in his mid forties who lives with his mother, a woman who can no longer function after the death of her daughter, Swati. In an attempt to keep both himself and his mother sane, Harit has taken to dressing up in a sari every night to pass himself off as his sister.
Meanwhile, Ranjana, also an Indian immigrant in her mid forties, has just seen her only child, off to college and she is worried that her husband has begun an affair. When Harit and Ranjana cross paths, the two begin a strange friendship that brings to light their own passions and fears. Funny and heartwarming, this is a must read.
The Wangs Vs. The World by Jade Chang
Charles Wang, a brash, lovable businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, has just lost everything in the financial crisis. So he rounds up two of his children from schools that he can no longer afford and packs them into the only car that wasn’t repossessed. Together with their wealth-addicted stepmother, Barbra, they head on a cross-country journey from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the Upstate New York retreat of the eldest Wang daughter, Saina.
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