The alcoholism of Rahul is described by his elder sister, Sudha her disappointment and bewilderment pack a particularly powerful punch.
In the title story, Brooklyn-to-Seattle transplant Ruma frets about a presumed obligation to bring her widower father into her home, a stressful decision taken out of her hands by his unexpected independence. In this set of eight stories, the results are again stunning. The gulf that separates expatriate Bengali parents from their American-raised children—and that separates the children from India—remains Lahiri's subject for this follow-up to Interpreter of Maladies
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