Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (248 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of Secret Daughter returns with an unforgettable story of family, responsibility, love, honor, tradition, and identity, in which two childhood friendsa young doctor and a newly married bridemust balance the expectations of their culture and their families with the desires of their own hearts.The first of his family to go to college, Anil Patel, the golden son, carries the weight of tradition and his familys expectations when he leaves his tiny Indian village to begin a medical residency in Dallas, Texas, at one of the busiest and most competitive hospitals in America. When his father dies, Anil becomes the de facto head of the Patel household and inherits the mantle of arbiter for all of the villages disputes. But he is uneasy with the custom, uncertain that he has the wisdom and courage demonstrated by his father and grandfather. His doubts are compounded by the difficulties he discovers in adjusting to a new culture and a new job, challenges that will shake his confidence in himself and his abilities.Back home in India, Anils closest childhood friend, Leena, struggles to adapt to her demanding new husband and relatives. Arranged by her parents, the marriage shatters Leenas romantic hopes, and eventually forces her to make a desperate choice that will hold drastic repercussions for herself and her family. Though Anil and Leena struggle to come to terms with their identities thousands of miles apart, their lives eventually intersect once morechanging them both and the people they love forever.Tender and bittersweet, The Golden Son illuminates the ambivalence of people caught between past and present, tradition and modernity, duty and choice; the push and pull of living in two cultures, and the painful decisions we must make to find our true selves. Includes a reader's guide with discussion questions, an interview with the author, an excerpt from the author's title Secret Daughter, and brief biographical information. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "A beautiful, haunting story of one family, spanning generations and continents, as they face life's inevitable losses, struggle with grief and reach for redemption."--Shilpi Somaya Gowda, New York Times bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden SonPerfect for readers of Jhumpa Lahiri and Anne Tyler, Someone You Love Is Gone is a beautifully rendered, multi-generational story of secrets and ghosts that haunt a family.I sit at the table and forget myself for a moment and the past steps forward. The house is as it was before Father died, and even before that, before Diwa left and before Jyoti was born. The house had a different light then or perhaps that's just memory casting a glow on everything, candlelight and sunset, everything only slightly visible. Mother is in the kitchen, washing the dinner dishes. Steam is rising and the window in front of her fogs over her reflection. Even here, she is a ghost. Simran's mother has died but is not gone. Haunted by her mother's spirit and memories of the past, she struggles to make sense of her world. Faced with disillusion in her marriage, growing distance from her daughter and sister, and the return of her long-estranged brother, she is troubled by questions to which she has no answers. As the life Simran has carefully constructed unravels, she must confront the truth of why her brother was separated from the family at a young age, and in doing so she uncovers an ancestral inheritance that changes everything. She allows her grief to transform her life, but in ways that ultimately give her the deep sense of self she has been craving, discovering along the way family secrets that cross continents, generations, and even lifetimes. Gurjinder Basran's mesmerizingly beautiful novel, Someone You Love Is Gone, is a powerful exploration of loss and love, memory and history, family ties and family secrets, and the thin veil between this life and the next. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed a book not to miss by USA Today * Chicago Sun-Times * New York Post"Deeply involving.Rings so true." -- Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of RoomFrom the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, unforgettable novel about a family's growing apart and coming back together in the wake of tragedy.The Shape of Family is a novel about race and culture, parents and siblings, marriage and love, but most of all, it's about finding hope after darkness. Shilpi Somaya Gowda is a compassionate and wise storyteller who keeps us riveted from beginning to end. -- Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in TranslationThe Olander family embodies the modern American Dream in a globalized world. Jaya, the cultured daughter of an Indian diplomat and Keith, an ambitious banker from middle-class Philadelphia, meet in a London pub in 1988 and make a life together in suburban California. Their strong marriage is built on shared beliefs and love for their two children: headstrong teenager Karina and young son Prem, the light of their home.But love and prosperity cannot protect them from sudden, unspeakable tragedy, and the familys foundation cracks as each member struggles to seek a way forward. Jaya finds solace in spirituality. Keith wagers on his high-powered career. Karina focuses relentlessly on her future and independence. And Prem watches helplessly as his once close-knit family drifts apart.When Karina heads off to college for a fresh start, her search for identity and belonging leads her down a dark path, forcing her and her family to reckon with the past, the secrets theyve held and the weight of their choices.The Shape of Family is an intimate portrayal of four individuals as they grapple with what it means to be a family and how to move from a painful past into a hopeful future. It is a profoundly moving exploration of the ways we all seek belongingin our families, our communities and ultimately, within ourselves. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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First edition - Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The first novel by this Canadian born author, a story of two women bound together by the daughter they both love -one a poor woman in a village in India who gives up her baby for adoption hoping that she will be able to live, and the other an American doctor who adopts the baby. Glossary. 344 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (crease to front cover).

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. "Sometimes heroism is loud and dramatic. Other times, it is daring to listen to that quiet voice within and having the courage to follow it. In this story, we see inside the lives of three generations of Palestinian women living in America, struggling and suffering to hear that voice. Etaf Rum has done a great service by sharing these voices with us." -Shilpi Somaya Gowda, New York Times Bestselling Author of SECRET DAUGHTER and THE GOLDEN SON Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this powerful debut-a heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue, courage, and betrayal that will resonate with women from all backgrounds, giving voice to the silenced and agency to the oppressed. "Where I come from, we've learned to silence ourselves. We've been taught that silence will save us. Where I come from, we keep these stories to ourselves. To tell them to the outside world is unheard of-dangerous, the ultimate shame." Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naive and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children-four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear. Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra's oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda's insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. Deya can't help but wonder if her options would have been different had her parents survived the car crash that killed them when Deya was only eight. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man. But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family-knowledge that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, the past, and her own future. Set in an America at once foreign to many and staggeringly close at hand, A Woman Is No Man is a story of culture and honor, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It is an intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world, and a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can destroy those we have sworn to protect. Three generations of Palestinian-American women in contemporary Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of traditional Arab culture in this powerful, heartbreaking and hopeful debut novel an emotionally resonant and culturally rel Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed a book not to miss by USA Today * Chicago Sun-Times * New York Post"Deeply involving.Rings so true." -- Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of RoomFrom the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, unforgettable novel about a family's growing apart and coming back together in the wake of tragedy.The Shape of Family is a novel about race and culture, parents and siblings, marriage and love, but most of all, it's about finding hope after darkness. Shilpi Somaya Gowda is a compassionate and wise storyteller who keeps us riveted from beginning to end. -- Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in TranslationThe Olander family embodies the modern American Dream in a globalized world. Jaya, the cultured daughter of an Indian diplomat and Keith, an ambitious banker from middle-class Philadelphia, meet in a London pub in 1988 and make a life together in suburban California. Their strong marriage is built on shared beliefs and love for their two children: headstrong teenager Karina and young son Prem, the light of their home.But love and prosperity cannot protect them from sudden, unspeakable tragedy, and the familys foundation cracks as each member struggles to seek a way forward. Jaya finds solace in spirituality. Keith wagers on his high-powered career. Karina focuses relentlessly on her future and independence. And Prem watches helplessly as his once close-knit family drifts apart.When Karina heads off to college for a fresh start, her search for identity and belonging leads her down a dark path, forcing her and her family to reckon with the past, the secrets theyve held and the weight of their choices.The Shape of Family is an intimate portrayal of four individuals as they grapple with what it means to be a family and how to move from a painful past into a hopeful future. It is a profoundly moving exploration of the ways we all seek belongingin our families, our communities and ultimately, within ourselves. From the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, unforgettable novel about a family's growing apart and coming back together in the wake of tragedy. A profoundly moving exploration of the ways we all seek belonging. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Like New - With Minor Shelf Wear To The Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - From The Beloved Author Of Secret Daughter Comes A Moving New Novel Of A Young Man At The Crossroads Of Life Anil Is The Cherished Son Of A Large Family In Rural India. As The Eldest Boy, He Is Expected To Inherit The Role Of Leader Of His Clan And Arbiter Of Its Disputes, Dispensing Wisdom And Good Advice. Leena Is His Closest Companion, A Fiercely Brave Girl Who Loves Nothing More Than The Wild Terrain They Inhabit And Her Close-Knit Family. As Childhood Friends, They Are Inseparable?But As Adulthood Approaches, They Grow Apart. Anil Is The First Person In His Family To Leave India, The First To Attend College, The First To Become A Doctor. Half A World Away In Dallas, Texas, He Is Caught Up In His New Life, Experiencing All The Freedoms And Temptations Of American Culture: He Tastes Alcohol For The First Time, Falls In Love, And Learns Firsthand About His Adopted Country?S Alluring, Dangerous Contradictions. Though His Work In A Gritty Urban Hospital Is Grueling, Anil Is Determined To Carve Out His Own Life In America. At Home, Leena Dreams Of Marriage, A Strong And True Love Like The One Shared By Her Parents, And Leaves Her Beloved Home To Join Her New Husband?S Family In A Distant Village. Then Things Start To Go Wrong: Anil Makes A Medical Mistake With Tragic Results, His First Love Begins To Fray And A Devastating Event Makes Him Question His Worth As A Doctor And As A Friend. On A Visit Home, Anil Rekindles A Friendship With The Woman Who Seems To Understand Him Better Than Anyone Else. But Their Relationship Is Complicated By A Fateful Decision Made Years Earlier. As The Two Old Friends Discover Each Other Again, They Must Also Weigh The Choice Between Responsibility And Freedom, And Between Loyalty And Love.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed a book not to miss by USA Today * Chicago Sun-Times * New York Post"Deeply involving.Rings so true." -- Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of RoomFrom the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, unforgettable novel about a family's growing apart and coming back together in the wake of tragedy.The Shape of Family is a novel about race and culture, parents and siblings, marriage and love, but most of all, it's about finding hope after darkness. Shilpi Somaya Gowda is a compassionate and wise storyteller who keeps us riveted from beginning to end. -- Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in TranslationThe Olander family embodies the modern American Dream in a globalized world. Jaya, the cultured daughter of an Indian diplomat and Keith, an ambitious banker from middle-class Philadelphia, meet in a London pub in 1988 and make a life together in suburban California. Their strong marriage is built on shared beliefs and love for their two children: headstrong teenager Karina and young son Prem, the light of their home.But love and prosperity cannot protect them from sudden, unspeakable tragedy, and the familys foundation cracks as each member struggles to seek a way forward. Jaya finds solace in spirituality. Keith wagers on his high-powered career. Karina focuses relentlessly on her future and independence. And Prem watches helplessly as his once close-knit family drifts apart.When Karina heads off to college for a fresh start, her search for identity and belonging leads her down a dark path, forcing her and her family to reckon with the past, the secrets theyve held and the weight of their choices.The Shape of Family is an intimate portrayal of four individuals as they grapple with what it means to be a family and how to move from a painful past into a hopeful future. It is a profoundly moving exploration of the ways we all seek belongingin our families, our communities and ultimately, within ourselves. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of Secret Daughter returns with an unforgettable story of family, responsibility, love, honor, tradition, and identity, in which two childhood friends--a young doctor and a newly married bride--must balance the expectations of their culture and their families with the desires of their own hearts.The first of his family to go to college, Anil Patel, the golden son, carries the weight of tradition and his family's expectations when he leaves his tiny Indian village to begin a medical residency in Dallas, Texas, at one of the busiest and most competitive hospitals in America. When his father dies, Anil becomes the de facto head of the Patel household and inherits the mantle of arbiter for all of the village's disputes. But he is uneasy with the custom, uncertain that he has the wisdom and courage demonstrated by his father and grandfather. His doubts are compounded by the difficulties he discovers in adjusting to a new culture and a new job, challenges that will shake his confidence in himself and his abilities.Back home in India, Anil's closest childhood friend, Leena, struggles to adapt to her demanding new husband and relatives. Arranged by her parents, the marriage shatters Leena's romantic hopes, and eventually forces her to make a desperate choice that will hold drastic repercussions for herself and her family. Though Anil and Leena struggle to come to terms with their identities thousands of miles apart, their lives eventually intersect once more--changing them both and the people they love forever.Tender and bittersweet, The Golden Son illuminates the ambivalence of people caught between past and present, tradition and modernity, duty and choice; the push and pull of living in two cultures, and the painful decisions we must make to find our true selves. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 480 pages. Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut nov el is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to c ontrol one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emoti onal resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, an d Lisa See. In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no b rothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend scho ol, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the a ncient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress a nd be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age. As a son , she can attend school, go to the market, and chaperone her olde r sisters. But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt th is unusual custom. A century earlier, her great-great grandmother , Shekiba, left orphaned by an epidemic, saved herself and built a new life the same way. Crisscrossing in time, The Pearl the Br oke Its Shell interweaves the tales of these two women separated by a century who share similar destinies. But what will happen on ce Rahima is of marriageable age? Will Shekiba always live as a m an? And if Rahima cannot adapt to life as a bride, how will she s urvive? Editorial Reviews Nadia Hashimi has written, first and foremost, a tender and beautiful family story. Her always engagin g multigenerational tale is a portrait of Afghanistan in all of i ts perplexing, enigmatic glory, and a mirror into the still ongoi ng struggles of Afghan women. - Khaled Hosseini, author of And th e Mountains Echoed and The Kite Runner A fascinating look at the unspoken lives of Afghani women, separated by generations and mi les, yet achingly similar. This is a story to transport you and m ake you think. - Shilpi Somaya Gowda, New York Times bestselling author of Secret Daughter Hashimi weaves together two equally en grossing stories in her epic, spellbinding debut. - Booklist (sta rred review) - From the Publisher Hashimi weaves together two eq ually engrossing stories in her epic, spellbinding debut. - Bookl ist (starred review) A fascinating look at the unspoken lives of Afghani women, separated by generations and miles, yet achingly similar. This is a story to transport you and make you think. - S hilpi Somaya Gowda Nadia Hashimi has written, first and foremost , a tender and beautiful family story. Her always engaging multig enerational tale is a portrait of Afghanistan in all of its perpl exing, enigmatic glory, and a mirror into the still ongoing strug gles of Afghan women. - Khaled Hosseini 2014-03-05 Three Afghan sisters walk home from school, menaced by a boy on a bicycle. The y escape, but the damage is done: no more school. Rahima and her sisters are devastated, but without a brother they have no one to chaperone them, no one to protect their honor, no one to discour age insults from other men. Rahima's aunt has an idea and begins telling her stories about her great-aunt Shekiba, who was vicious ly taunted after her face was scarred by an accident with cooking oil. When her immediate family died of cholera, Shekiba was left to the mercy of her scheming relatives, who practically enslaved her and then traded her away to serve another family. Desperate for a measure of freedom, she seized upon the cultural practice o f bacha posh, which enabled any family without a son to dress a d aughter as a boy. Of course, even a bacha posh must return to bei ng a girl once she reaches maturity. Nonetheless, Shekiba's tale inspires Rahima to pass as a boy, too. Cutting her hair and donni ng pants lets her barter at the market, attend classes and play s occer with the boys. Everyone accepts her new position as a son. Even her parents exempt her from certain household duties better left to girls. Unfortunately, Rahima's opium-addicted father is i ndebted to a warlord, who has taken an interest in the 13-year-ol d. After having tasted freedom as a bacha posh, how can she retur n to the oppression inflicted upon women? Does Sheki.

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William Morrow, 2010. A proof copy in very good condition only marked by light turning to the corners.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voicea sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night.India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old village girl from the lower caste Yellama cult has come of age and must fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute, as her mother and grandmother did before her. In an attempt to escape her fate, Mukta is sent to be a house girl for an upper-middle class family in Mumbai. There she discovers a friend in the daughter of the family, high spirited eight-year-old Tara, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to an entirely different worldone of ice cream, reading, and a friendship that soon becomes a sisterhood. But one night in 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Taras family home and disappears. Shortly thereafter, Tara and her father move to America. A new life in Los Angeles awaits them but Tara never recovers from the loss of her best friend, or stops wondering if she was somehow responsible for Mukta's abduction.Eleven years later, Tara, now an adult, returns to India determined to find Mukta. As her search takes her into the brutal underground world of human trafficking, Tara begins to uncover long-buried secrets in her own family that might explain what happened to Muktaand why she came to live with Taras family in the first place. Moving from a traditional Indian village to the bustling modern metropolis of Mumbai, to Los Angeles and back again, this is a heartbreaking and beautiful portrait of an unlikely friendshipa story of love, betrayal, and, ultimately, redemption. Tara introduces Mukta to an entirely different worldone of ice cream, reading and a friendship that soon becomes a sisterhood.But one night in 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Taras family home and disappears. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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