num_pages: 0
description: For the past thirty years Mr. and Mrs. Jhas lives have been defined by cramped spaces cut corners gossipy neighbors and the small dramas of stolen yoga pants and stale marriages. They thought theyd settled comfortably into their golden years pleased with their sons acceptance into an American business school. But then Mr. Jha comes into an enormous and unexpected sum of money and moves his wife from their housing complex in East Delhi to the super-rich side of town where he becomes eager to fit in as a man of status: skinny ties hired guards shoe-polishing machines and all. The move sets off a chain of events that rock their neighbors their marriage and their son who is struggling to keep a lid on his romantic dilemmas and slipping grades and brings unintended consequences ultimately forcing the Jha family to reckon with what really matters..
language: English
title: The Windfall
publisher: Books on Tape