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America for beginners
- Title
- America for beginners / Leah Franqui.
- Author
- Franqui, Leah
- Publication
- New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-8824 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 310 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- A widow from India travels to California to learn the truth about what happened to the son who was declared dead shortly after he revealed his sexual orientation to their traditional family.
- Recently widowed Pival Sengupta books a trip Kolkota to New York and then on a cross-country journey to California, where she hopes to uncover the truth about her beloved son, Rahi. A year ago Rahi told his parents he was gay. As far as her husband Ram was concerned, Rahi died that day. But the tour guide, Satya, has never left the five boroughs. And the two will be accompanied by Rebecca Elliot, a young actress, is along for the ride as a chaperone. The women come to see America-- and themselves-- in different and profound new ways. -- adapted from jacket.
- Subjects
- East Indians
- Widows
- Mothers and sons
- Women travelers
- United States
- Homosexuality > United States > Fiction
- Widows > Fiction
- Mothers and sons > Fiction
- Homosexuality > India > Fiction
- FICTION > Asian American
- Novels
- Women travelers > Fiction
- FICTION > Women
- East Indians > United States > Fiction
- FICTION > Cultural Heritage
- Fiction
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-8824
- ISBN
- 9780008229146
- 0008229147
- 9780062668752
- 0062668757
- 9780008229139
- 0008229139
- OCLC
- 987738411
- Author
- Franqui, Leah, author.
- Title
- America for beginners / Leah Franqui.
- Publisher
- New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-8824