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Gr 9 Up—Related in the alternating voices of two sisters and their respective daughters, this work captures the unique and, at times, fraught experience of navigating multiple cultures. Perkins examines the delicate balance between meeting family expectations and attaining personal happiness, a common motif in immigrant narratives. The story opens in 1970s New York, where the Das family has immigrated from England in hopes of planting roots and finding acceptance. Desperate for the adolescent freedoms they lacked in London, the teens chafe ag...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In 1973 the Das sisters, Tara and Sonia, with their mother Ranee, join their father in New York City. Ranee is determined that her family will take advantage of the opportunities America offers even as she tries to fight the "corruption" of her daughters' cultural sensibilities (including making friends who are black). By the early eighties, after the family has moved to a "good" neighborhood in suburban New Jersey, Tara has embraced American style and confidently works...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In 1973 the Das sisters, Tara and Sonia, with their mother Ranee, join their father in New York City. Ranee is determined that her family will take advantage of the opportunities America offers even as she tries to fight the "corruption" of her daughters' cultural sensibilities (including making friends who are black). By the early eighties, after the family has moved to a "good" neighborhood in suburban New Jersey, Tara has embraced American style and confidently works...Log In or Sign Up to Read More