You Bring the Distant Near

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Synopsis

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.

2018 Walter Honors Book (Teen Category)

Copyright:
2017

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780374304911
Related ISBNs:
9780374304904
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Mitali Perkins
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Humor
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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