Fasting, Feasting
By A. Desai.
Description
Plain, unmarriageable uma has failed to outgrow her childhood home, with its bittersweet treats of puri-alu and barfi. Overprotected and starved for a life, she is smothered by her overbearing parents, successful sister aruna and arun, the family's disappointment of a son. Across the world in massachusetts, where arun has gone as a student, family life in an american suburb is bewilderingly different. The pattons, who he lives with, appear strange and terrible. The women don't appear to cook at all, though they stuff their shopping carts, the men barbecue huge chunks of meat, thei...
ISBN(s)
8184000588, 9788184000580
