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In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother in a new city, is visited by her father, who carefully tends the earth of her garden, where he and his grandson form a special bond. But he's harboring a secret from his daughter, a love affair he's keeping all to himself. In "A choice of accommodations," a husband's attempt to turn an old friend's wedding into a romantic getaway weekend with his wife takes a dark, revealing turn as the party lasts deep into the night. In "Only goodness," a sister eager to give her younger brother the perfect childhood she never had is overwhelmed by guilt, anguish, and anger when his alcoholism threatens her family. And in "Hema and Kaushik," a trio of linked stories--a luminous, intensely compelling elegy of life, death, love, and fate--we follow the lives of a girl and boy who, one winter, share a house in Massachusetts. 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In general I am not a fan of short stories, but these were exquisite. Most of them were premised on being part of a family which had migrated from Bengal to the US, and this aspect was very interesting, but there were also universal themes about family expectations, mother-daughter relationships, addiction, bereavement.<br><br>They were all sad in a subdued sort of way.<br><br>Highly recommended. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_262265254" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_262265254"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_262265254" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_262265254" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_262265254"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/pgchuis" target="_top">pgchuis</a> | Apr 15, 2024 | <a href="/review/262265254"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_189746091" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/2977325" data-workid="2977325" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>I continue to be impressed by this writer's skill. I had not realised that this was a book of short stories. In the first section the stories are linked by the theme of inter-racial marriages, in this case Bengali/American, often successful and each beautifully drawn, that I was quickly absorbed in each new tale. The second section is a series of interlinked stories following two people from their initial meeting in childhood to their eventual reconnection as adults. It is very well executed. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss9.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_189746091" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_189746091"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_189746091" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_189746091" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_189746091"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/HelenBaker" target="_top">HelenBaker</a> | Dec 7, 2023 | <a href="/review/189746091"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_249595007" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/2977325" data-workid="2977325" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>I wish the beautiful first story had been a full novel, as the rest of the pieces in this collection did not meet the first one's high standard. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_249595007" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_249595007"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_249595007" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_249595007" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_249595007"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/lschiff" target="_top">lschiff</a> | Sep 24, 2023 | <a href="/review/249595007"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_244246254" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/2977325" data-workid="2977325" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>This book has received numerous words of praise, so much so, that there's really nothing more I can add, except to say that they are well deserved . <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_244246254" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_244246254"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_244246254" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_244246254" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_244246254"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/kevinkevbo" target="_top">kevinkevbo</a> | Jul 14, 2023 | <a href="/review/244246254"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_243664977" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/2977325" data-workid="2977325" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307278255.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>She is a good writer. All of the stories are about Indian immigrant families, and parent/child relations in some way, as well as exploring love and marriage. The first story, I think my favorite, was about a young mother, living in a Seattle suburb, as a stay-at-home mother, who is visited by her widowed father. The story alternates between their two viewpoints; she asks him to move in with them, but he doesn't want to. <br><br>In general there is a distance and a negativity between the characters; all of whom are financially privileged and graduates of top colleges. There is very little lightness or levity, and I ended most of the stories feeling sad and a bit hopeless. Fair enough, life can be sad, and the immigrant experience is hard. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_243664977" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_243664977"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_243664977" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_243664977" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_243664977"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/banjo123" target="_top">banjo123</a> | Jul 4, 2023 | <a href="/review/243664977"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class='reviewnav'><div class="right"><strong><a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,3,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','2977325','',false, null, 'profile');return false;">date<span class="sortArrow"> ▼</span></a></strong> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,2,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','2977325','',false, null, 'profile'); return false;">votes</a></div>Showing 1-5 of 189 (<a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',5,0,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','2977325','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">next</a> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,0,3,'wp_reviews',10000,'','2977325','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">show all</a>)</div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_53" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer" style="float: right;"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Published_Reviews" class="blacklink" title="Help"><img style="vertical-align:middle;" class="helpIcon" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/helpq.png" alt="?"></a></span></span></div> <a name="publishedreviews"></a><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'mediareviews', 'u_ba89f695', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Published reviews</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_ba89f695" style="display:block;"><div id="mediareviews_container"><div id="mediareviews"><table class="sa_tools" id="u_29abcb3e_link"><tr><td id="left">1 review</td><td id="center"><a href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'workid':'2977325'});return false;">add a review</a></td><td id="right"> thingScore <a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Published_Reviews"><span class="mre_score mre_score_good">75</span></a></td></tr></table><div class="bookReview" mr_id="9749" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_af81aa0e" title="7.0 Stars" aria-title="7.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-u.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_9749" class="commentText">There is much cultural news in these precisely observed studies of modern-day Bengali-Americans — many of them Ivy-league strivers ensconced in prosperous suburbs who can’t quite overcome the tug of traditions nurtured in Calcutta. With quiet artistry and tender sympathy, Lahiri creates an impressive range of vivid characters — young and old, male and female, self-knowing and self-deluding — in engrossing stories that replenish the classic themes of domestic realism: loneliness, estrangement and family discord.</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/aksanil">aksanil</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'9749', 'workid':'2977325'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/review/10Best-t.htm" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">The New York Times</span></a> <span rawdate="1205294400" class="nowrap">(Mar 12, 2008)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div></div></div> </div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_56" class="quickedit light flipped"><div 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href="/author/naiduajay">Naidu, Ajay</a></td><td>Narrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_57" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'relationships', 'u_03d4bf18', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Series and work relationships</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_03d4bf18" style="display:block;"><div id="seriesforwork_container"><h2>Belongs to Publisher Series</h2><div><a href="/nseries/256075/Keltainen-kirjasto" class="" >Keltainen kirjasto</a> (393)</div><div><a href="/nseries/256436/Keltainen-pokkari" class="" >Keltainen pokkari</a> (49)</div><div><a href="/nseries/258539/Racconti-dautore-%5BIl-Sole-24-Ore%5D" class="" >Racconti d'autore [Il Sole 24 Ore]</a> (30)</div><div><a 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data-workid="21992354" href="/work/21992354">Only goodness {story}</a> by <a data-authorid="lahirijhumpa" href="/author/lahirijhumpa">Jhumpa Lahiri</a></span></div></div><h2>Has as a student's study guide</h2><div id="u_f8ca0b27" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="27834747" href="/work/27834747">A Study Guide for Jhumpa Lahiri's "Unaccustomed Earth"</a> by <a data-authorid="galecengagelearning" href="/author/galecengagelearning">Gale Cengage Learning</a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_59" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'newaward', 'u_6059e250', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Awards and Honors</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_6059e250" style="display:block;"><div id="newawardforwork_container"><h2>Awards</h2><div id="u_13aed059" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/2153/Asian-American-Literary-Award" class="" >Asian American Literary Award</a> (<a href="/award/2153.1/Asian-American-Literary-Award-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/2153.0.0.2009/Asian-American-Literary-Award-2009">2009</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1123/Asian%25252FPacific-American-Award-for-Literature" class="" >Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature</a> (<a href="/award/1123.1/Asian%25252FPacific-American-Award-for-Literature-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/1123.0.3365/Asian%25252FPacific-American-Award-for-Literature-Adult-Fiction">Adult Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/1123.0.0.2009/Asian%25252FPacific-American-Award-for-Literature-2009">2009</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/450/Commonwealth-Writers-Prize" class="" >Commonwealth Writers' Prize</a> (<a href="/award/450.1/Commonwealth-Writers-Prize-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/450.0.4248/Commonwealth-Writers-Prize-Best-Book-South-Asia-and-Europe">Best Book, South Asia and Europe</a> – <a href="/award/450.0.0.2009/Commonwealth-Writers-Prize-2009">2009</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1398/Frank-OConnor-International-Short-Story-Award" class="" >Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award</a> (<a href="/award/1398.1/Frank-OConnor-International-Short-Story-Award-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/1398.0.0.2008/Frank-OConnor-International-Short-Story-Award-2008">2008</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/257/Indies-Choice-Book-Award" class="" >Indies Choice Book Award</a> (<a href="/award/257.6/Indies-Choice-Book-Award-Honor-Book">Honor Book</a> – <a href="/award/257.0.2504/Indies-Choice-Book-Award-Adult-Fiction-Honor-Book">Adult Fiction Honor Book</a> – <a href="/award/257.0.0.2009/Indies-Choice-Book-Award-2009">2009</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a 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Edit to localize it to your language.</div><div class='fwikiItem divalternativetitles'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Solo+bont%C3%A0&f=42&exact=1&type=1">Solo bontà</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_originalpublicationdate"></a>Original publication date</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_184f01d9' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='16' name='u_184f01d9' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'originalpublicationdate' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '1952-12-30, 1933-10, 1902, or 120 BCE' ><div class='fwikiItem divoriginalpublicationdate'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=2008-04-01&f=16&exact=1&type=1">2008-04-01</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_characternames"></a>People/Characters</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_48336ab6' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='3' name='u_48336ab6' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'characternames' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Enter each character's name in a separate box. Examples: Hermione Granger, Andrew Jackson, Oberon, St. Paul of Tarsus, or Zeus (Deity)' ><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Hema">Hema</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Kaushik">Kaushik</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Ruma">Ruma</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_placesmentioned"></a>Important places</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_61e517bc' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='2' name='u_61e517bc' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'placesmentioned' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "London, England", "The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA", "Hogwarts", "Alpha Centauri", "Hell"' ><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_events"></a>Important events</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_6a179560' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='34' name='u_6a179560' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'events' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Great Fire of London (1666), Battle of the Bulge (1944|1945), Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963-11-22), Battle of Hoth' ><div class='fwikiItem divevents'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_movies"></a>Related movies</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_3b36d700' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='37' name='u_3b36d700' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'movies' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Blade Runner (1982), The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Three Musketeers (1993)' ><div class='fwikiItem divmovies'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" editVal="" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr>     <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_epigraph"></a>Epigraph</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_5c9a95a3' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='28' name='u_5c9a95a3' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'epigraph' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The work's epigraph, "a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component." ' ><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >"Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth." <br><br>Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Customs House</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_dedication"></a>Dedication</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_b1539a3a' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='30' name='u_b1539a3a' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'dedication' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Author's dedication' ><div class='fwikiItem divdedication'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >For my parents and for my sister<br><br>Vintage 2009 edition: For Octavio, for Noor</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_firstwords"></a>First words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_099d2e0d' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='25' name='u_099d2e0d' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'firstwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The first sentence of the work.' ><div class='fwikiItem divfirstwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >After her mother's death, Ruma's father retired from the pharmaceutical company where he had worked for many decades and began traveling in Europe, a continent he'd never seen.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_quotations"></a>Quotations</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_857c6a3a' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='27' name='u_857c6a3a' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'quotations' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Well-known, relevant or interesting quotations from the work; Quotation marks are unnecessary.' ><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >…I gathered from my parents’ talk that it was regarded as a wavering, a weakness. “They should have known its impossible to go back,” they said to their friends, condemning your parents for having failed at both ends. We had stuck it out as immigrants while you had fled; had we been the ones to go back to India, my parents seemed to suggest, we would have stuck it out there as well.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_lastwords"></a>Last words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_8fbf39e2' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='26' name='u_8fbf39e2' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'lastwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The last sentence of the work. Content will be hidden unless clicked.' ><div class='fwikiItem divlastwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" id="u_3277ad45" style="display: none; min-height:12px;" >We had been careful, and you had left nothing behind.</div><a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_3277ad45')" id="link_u_3277ad45">(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)</a><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_disambiguation"></a>Disambiguation notice</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_fa77e4f3' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='13' name='u_fa77e4f3' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'disambiguation' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Clarifications to be used by future combiners and separators, or just as information.' ><div class='fwikiItem divdisambiguation'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_series"></a>Publisher's editors</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_943fbdc8' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='1' name='u_943fbdc8' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'literaryeditors' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Publisher's or acquiring editor' ><div class='fwikiItem divliteraryeditors'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_blubers"></a>Blurbers</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_8049cae5' itemType='1' itemNum='2977325' fieldType='29' name='u_8049cae5' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'blurbers' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Who blurbed the book? A blurb is defined as a super-short review, done before the book is published or reviewed professionally. As Rachael Donadio wrote, "Book blurbs are a tangled mass of friendships, rivalries, favors traded and debts repaid, not always in good faith." This field aims to capture that tangle! <b>Note:</b> Please enter only the names of people, not publications. 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In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother in a new city, is visited by her father, who carefully tends the earth of her garden, where he and his grandson form a special bond. But he's harboring a secret from his daughter, a love affair he's keeping all to himself. In "A choice of accommodations," a husband's attempt to turn an old friend's wedding into a romantic getaway weekend with his wife takes a dark, revealing turn as the party lasts deep into the night. In "Only goodness," a sister eager to give her younger brother the perfect childhood she never had is overwhelmed by guilt, anguish, and anger when his alcoholism threatens her family. And in "Hema and Kaushik," a trio of linked stories--a luminous, intensely compelling elegy of life, death, love, and fate--we follow the lives of a girl and boy who, one winter, share a house in Massachusetts. 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