Good Indian wife
Subtitle: a novel
By: Anne Cherian.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780393065237
Subjects: Anesthesiologists -- Fiction; Arranged marriage -- Fiction; Culture conflict -- Fiction; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction; India -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Neel Sarath, an Indian-American anesthesiologist in San Francisco, believes he's distanced himself from traditional Indian life with his blonde American girlfriend, his shiny Porsche, and his spotless condo. Called back to India to visit his ailing grandfather, Neel finds himself tricked into a marriage with Leila Krishnan, a local English teacher well past marrying age. But Leila is not a meek, traditional bride who can be set aside while life goes on as usual, girlfriend and all. In this riveting tale of a transplanted arranged marriage, first-time novelist Anne Cherian explores how immigrants, caught between two worlds, have to learn to overcome their own suspicions of others in order to find themselves.
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