My Family and Other Saints
by Kirin Narayan
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Author: Kirin NarayanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-15
ISBN: 0226568210
Number of pages: 246
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Book Review: Delightful and poignant
Summary: 5 Stars
This beautifully written memoir captures a very special time and place--India in the 1960s and 1970s--from the narrator's unique perspective as a child of an American mother and Indian father. Narayan depicts her coming of age in a colorful, unconventional yet troubled family, whose members are pulled apart by their individual searches for solace or enlightenment, and lovingly brought back together on these pages. The various characters come vividly off the page, as does India itself as one of them. Narayan is a gifted writer who has given us a gift of a memoir.
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