The Namesake
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: September 16, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780395927212
First sentence: ON A STICKY AUGUST EVENING two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in a bowl.