Book: Unaccustomed Earth
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Pages: 352
This is my 20th read for the year
This is a book for 8 short stories. The first series are unrelated stories about families and couples who are mostly of Indian heritage who live and work in the United States. They are Bengali's who are trying to combine their heritage with American culture. The last set of stories are all related - a girl and a boy - told from each of their points of view - from when they were children through when they were adults and found each other again.
I enjoyed the book. There is no doubt that Lahiri is a talented writer. I am not a big fan of short stories because I never feel like I get enough of the characters to form feelings. I was pleased that the last several stories were related, and enjoyed that part of the book most of all. She is from around our area, (Boston), so she incorporates large parts of that city into her narrative which I liked.
Overall another well written book by Lahiri. This one has been on my shelf for awhile (it is one of her older novels)- given to me as a hand me down-and I am glad I finally decided to pick it up.
Stars: 4
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