You Bring the Distant Near

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You Bring the Distant Near
You Bring the Distant Near
Author : Mitali Perkins
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Language : English
Release Date : 12 September 2017
ISBN : 9780374304911
Pages : 256 pages
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You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins Book PDF Summary

This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse. From a grandmother worried that her children are losing their Indian identity to a daughter wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair to a granddaughter social-activist fighting to preserve Bengali tigers, award-winning author Mitali Perkins weaves together the threads of a family growing into an American identity. Here is a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely new.

You Bring the Distant Near

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse. From a grandmother worried that her children

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