from the publisher, ARC

ARC, This is the story of Anil and Leena, childhood friends whose lives follow very different paths. Anil emigrates from his small town in India to a residency at an inner city Dallas hospital. Although he has two Indian roommates, his job is intense, and he makes mistakes. He's also under pressure to continue in his father's footsteps, as the local mediator - over the phone and makes mistakes there too. Leena follows the typical arranged marriage path in India, but her husband is abusive and she narrowly escapes with her life. But in India, it's forbidden to leave your husband for any reason - and her village disbelieves the abuse, shunning her family and with staggering debt, her father commits suicide. Leena finally finds a way to support herself and her mother, in molding clay pots, and Anil keeps trying to reconcile his American life, with the pull of his family to return to India. The ending was a bit trite - it may have been better for the author to leave the threads dangling a bit, so the reader could imagine their own ending.

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