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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F MIRZA
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F MIRZA
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F MIRZA
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| [2018] | First United States edition. | SJP for Hogarth | 385 pages ; 25 cm | English | Available 19 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction F MIRZA Central - Adult Fiction has 7 F MIRZA Central - Recently Returned F MIRZA |
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| 2018 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 4 |
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| 2018 | OverDrive | Random House Publishing Group | English | Checked Out 10 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. |
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| 2018. | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company | 655 pages (large print) ; 23 | English | Available Central - Adult Large Type LT F MIRZA |
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A story of family identity and belonging follows an Indian family through the marriage of their daughter, from the parents' arrival in the United States to the return of their estranged son.
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F MBUE
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F MBUE
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| [2016] | First edition. | Random House | 382 pages ; 25 cm | English | Available 16 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult Fiction has 8 F MBUE Cherrydale - Adult Fiction F MBUE |
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CD F MBUE
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| [2016] | Unabridged. | Random House Audio | 10 audio discs (12 hr.) : CD ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available Plaza - Adult Audiobooks CD F MBUE Shirlington - Adult Audiobooks CD F MBUE |
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| 2016 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 4 |
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| 2016 | OverDrive | Random House Publishing Group | English | Checked Out 6 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. |
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At the intersection of "Americanah" and "The Help" comes a riveting debut novel about two marriages - one immigrant and working class, the other from the top 1% - both chasing their version of the American Dream. In the fall of 2007, Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Their situation only improves when Jende's wife Neni is hired as household help....
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Aurora Hills - Adult New Fiction
F KIM
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F KIM
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2019. | First edition. | Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available 17 copies, 7 people are on the wait list. Aurora Hills - Adult New Fiction F KIM Central - Adult Fiction has 3 F KIM Central - Recently Returned F KIM |
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Online OverDrive Collection has 8
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| 2019 | OverDrive | Macmillan Audio | English | Available Online 8 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection has 8 |
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| 2019 | OverDrive | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | English | Checked Out 6 copies, 32 people are on the wait list. |
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"A literary courtroom thriller about a mother accused of murdering her eight-year-old autistic son"--
In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine-- a pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic 'dives' with the hopes of curing issues like autism or infertility. When the Miracle Submarine mysteriously explodes, killing two people, a dramatic murder trial upends...
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4) Americanah
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| c2013 | First edition. | Alfred A. Knopf | 477 pages ; 25 cm | English | Checked Out 17 copies, 14 people are on the wait list. |
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CD F ADICH
Cherrydale - Adult Audiobooks
CD F ADICH
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2014] | Unabridged, [Recorded Books edition]. | Recorded Books | 15 audio discs (17 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available 5 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult Audiobooks has 2 CD F ADICH Cherrydale - Adult Audiobooks CD F ADICH |
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| 2013 | OverDrive | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Checked Out 20 copies, 27 people are on the wait list. |
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"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
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| [2009] | First edition. | Random House | 314 pages ; 24 cm | English | Checked Out 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. |
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| 2009 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out |
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| 2009 | OverDrive | Random House Publishing Group | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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Two sisters leave Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles in this fresh, fascinating adventure.
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| [2020] | Hanover Square Press | 266 pages ; 24 cm | English | In Transit 3 copies, 7 people are on the wait list. |
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Hanover Square Press | English | Checked Out 2 copies, 3 people are on the wait list. |
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In 1929 in New Orleans, a Dominican immigrant named Adana Moreau writes a science fiction novel. The novel earns rave reviews, and Adana begins a sequel. Then she falls gravely ill. Just before she dies, she destroys the only copy of the manuscript. Decades later in Chicago, Saul Drower is cleaning out his dead grandfather's home when he discovers a mysterious manuscript written by none other than Adana Moreau. With the help of his friend Javier,...
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F ARCHE
Shirlington - Adult New Fiction
F ARCHE
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F ARCHE
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2018. | First edition. | St. Martin's Press | 437 pages ; 25 cm | English | Available Central - Adult Fiction has 3 F ARCHE Shirlington - Adult New Fiction F ARCHE Westover - Adult Fiction has 2 F ARCHE |
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| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2018. | Large print edition. | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company | 731 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. | English | Available Central - Adult Large Type LT F ARCHE Shirlington - Adult Large Type LT F ARCHE |
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Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin. In a...
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| 2007. | Pantheon Books | 659 pages ; 24 cm | English | Available Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction F JIN |
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| 2007 | OverDrive | Blackstone Publishing | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection |
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| 2007 | OverDrive | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection |
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A New York Times Notable Book
One of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment Weekly, Slate
In A Free Life, Ha Jin follows the Wu family — father Nan, mother Pingping, and son Taotao — as they sever their ties with China in the aftermath of the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square and begin a new life in the United States. As Nan takes on a number of
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F TRIGI
Cherrydale - Adult Fiction
F TRIGI
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F TRIGI
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| c2012 | 1st ed. | HarperCollins | 475 p. ; 24 cm. | English | Available Central - Adult Fiction has 2 F TRIGI Cherrydale - Adult Fiction F TRIGI Shirlington - Adult Fiction F TRIGI |
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| [2012] | Unabridged. | Harperaudio | 15 audio discs (17 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available Shirlington - Adult Audiobooks CD F TRIGI |
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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| OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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Two star-crossed lovers--Enzo and Ciro--meet and separate, until, finally, the power of their love changes both of their lives forever. Set during the years preceding and during World War I.
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F MENGE
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| 2010. | Riverhead Books | 305 pages ; 22 cm cm | English | Available 3 copies, 4 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult Fiction has 2 F MENGE |
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| [2010] | Unabridged. | Recorded Books | 8 audio discs (9 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available Plaza - Adult Audiobooks CD F MENGE |
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| [2011] | RBdigital | Unabridged. | Recorded Books | 1 sound file (9 hr., 15 min.) : digital. | English | Available Online RBdigital |
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| 2010 | OverDrive | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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One early September afternoon, Yosef and Mariam, young Ethiopian immigrants who have spent all but their first year of marriage apart, set off on a road trip from their new home in Peoria, Illinois, to Nashville, Tennessee, in search of a new identity as an American couple. Soon, their son, Jonas, will be born in Illinois. Thirty years later, Yosef has died, and Jonas needs to make sense of the volatile generational and cultural ties that have forged...
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11) The refugees
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F NGUYE
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F NGUYE
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F NGUYE
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2017. | First hardcover edition. | Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic | vii, 209 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available Central - Adult Fiction has 6 F NGUYE Shirlington - Adult Fiction F NGUYE Westover - Adult Fiction has 2 F NGUYE |
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| 2017 | OverDrive | Grove Atlantic | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 4 |
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"Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer was one of the most widely and highly praised novels of 2015, the winner not only of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but also the Center for Fiction Debut Novel Prize, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, the ALA Carnegie Medal for Fiction, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and the California Book Award for First Fiction. Nguyen's next fiction book, The Refugees, is a collection of perfectly...
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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F CASTI
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F CASTI
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F CASTI
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| [2018] | Viking | 408 pages ; 24 cm | English | Available Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction F CASTI Central - Adult Fiction F CASTI Shirlington - Adult Fiction F CASTI |
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| 2018. | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company | 661 pages (large print) ; 23 | English | Available Central - Adult Large Type LT F CASTI |
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After fleeing the Philippines, Hero De Vera arrives at her uncles where she is given a fresh start. He asks no questions about her disturbing political past, but his daughter, the first American-born family member, is unable to resist her curiosity especially about her cousin's damaged hands.
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St. Martin's Press
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F MUNAW
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F MUNAW
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| ©2016. | First edition. | St. Martin's Press | 310 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction F MUNAW Central - Adult Fiction F MUNAW |
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"In the idyllic hill country of Sri Lanka, a young girl grows up with her loving family; but even in the midst of this paradise, terror lurks in the shadows. When tragedy strikes, she and her mother must seek safety by immigrating to America. There the girl reinvents herself as an American teenager to survive, with the help of her cousin; but even as she assimilates and thrives, the secrets and scars of her past follow her into adulthood. In this...
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14) Neon in daylight
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Catapult
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[2018]
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F HOBY
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F HOBY
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F HOBY
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2018] | Catapult | 282 pages ; 21 cm | English | Available Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction F HOBY Central - Adult Fiction has 2 F HOBY Shirlington - Adult Fiction F HOBY |
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Willow Books
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[2016]
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| [2016] | Willow Books | 147 pages ; 23 cm | English | Available Central - Adult Fiction F HUA |
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| [2015] | Sourcebooks Landmark | 390 pages ; 21 cm | English | Available Central - Adult Fiction F ESTES |
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| 2016. | Thorndike Press | 599 pages (large print) ; 23 | English | Available Westover - Adult Large Type LT F ESTES |
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Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt's island estate when she finds an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. As she peels back layer upon layer of the secrets it holds, Inara's life becomes interwoven with that of Mei Lein, a young Chinese girl mysteriously driven from her home a century before. Through the stories Mei Lein tells in silk, Inara uncovers a tragic truth that will shake her family to its core - and force...
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| 2018. | First Atria Books hardcover edition. | Atria Books | 306 pages ; 24 cm | English | Available Cherrydale - Adult Fiction F ANWAR |
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| 2018. | Large print edition. | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company | 465 pages (large print) : illustration ; 23 cm | English | Available Cherrydale - Adult Large Type LT F ANWAR |
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"Seamlessly interweaves five love stories that, together, chronicle sixty years of Bangladeshi history. Shahryar, a recent PhD graduate and father of nine-year-old Anna, must leave the US when his visa expires. In their last remaining weeks together, we learn Shahryar's history, in a village on the Bay of Bengal, where a poor fisherman and his wife are preparing to face a storm of historic proportions. That story intersects with those of a Japanese...
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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F RIVER
Westover - Adult New Fiction
F RIVER
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| [2019] | First edition. | HarperCollins Publishers | 277 pages ; 24 cm | English | Available 2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction F RIVER Westover - Adult New Fiction F RIVER |
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| 2019 | OverDrive | HarperAudio | English | Checked Out |
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| 2019 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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Winner of the 2019 New American Voices Award
Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize
A Recommended Book of 2019 from:
Southern Living * Buzzfeed * The Huffington Post * Bustle * Fierce * Hip Latina * Ms. Magazine * Alma * Library Journal * The Rumpus * The Millions * Refinery29 * Electric
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Europa Editions
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2017.
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| 2017. | Europa Editions | 316 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available Shirlington - Adult Fiction F XILON |
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Liborio calls upon his highly-honed survival skills to escape Mexico, sharing his journey and speaking of migrants' social problems via love letters to his girl.
Liborio has to leave Mexico, a land that has taught him little more than a keen instinct for survival. He crosses the Rio Bravo, like so many others, to reach "the promised land." And in a barrio like any other, in some gringo city, this illegal immigrant tells his story. As Liborio narrates...
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Delphinium Books
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[2019]
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| [2019] | First edition. | Delphinium Books | 315 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available Central - Adult Fiction has 2 F ACKER |
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"The Chandaria family--emigrants from the Indian-enclave of Nairobi--have managed to flourish in America. Premchand, the father, is a doctor who has worked doggedly to grow his practice and give his family security; his wife, Urmila, runs a business importing artisanal Kenyan crafts; and their son, Sunil, after quitting the pre-med track, is enrolled in a PhD program in philosophy at Harvard. But the parents have kept a very important secret from...
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