The unexpected son
By: Shobhan Bantwal
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780758232038
Subjects: East Indian Americans; Mothers and sons; Families; Fiction
Description: "It is a morning like any other in suburban New Jersey when Vinita Patil opens the battered envelope postmarked 'Mumbai.' But the letter inside turns her comfortable world upside down. It tells Vinita an impossible story: she has a grown son in India whose life may depend on her... Once upon a time, a naïve young college girl fell for a wealthy boy whose primary interests were cricket and womanizing. Vinita knew, even then, that a secret affair with a man whose language and values were different from her own was a mistake. He finished with her soon enough--leaving her to birth a baby that was stillborn. Or so Vinita was told... Now, that child is a grown man in desperate need. To help her son, to know him, Vinita must revisit her darkest hours by returning to her battle-scarred homeland--and pray for the faith of the family she leaves behind..."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes a reading group guide.