You bring the distant near, Mitali Perkins
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You bring the distant near, Mitali Perkins
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
HL720L, Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
You bring the distant near
Oclc number
964333473
Responsibility statement
Mitali Perkins
Summary
From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditionsRanee worries that her children are losing their Indian culture. Sonia is wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair. Tara seeks the limelight to hide her true self. Shanti desperately tries to make peace in the family. Anna fights to preserve Bengal tigers and her Bengali identity. As each Das woman decides which Bengali traditions to uphold in America, one hard truth remains: some scars take generations to heal"Five girls. Three generations. One great American love story. You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse. Ranee, worried that her children are losing their Indian culture; Sonia, wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair; Tara, seeking the limelight to hide her true self; Shanti, desperately trying to make peace in the family; Anna, fighting to preserve Bengal tigers and her Bengali identity--award-winning author Mitali Perkins weaves together a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely new.", --Amazon
Target audience
adolescent
Creator
Subject
- Américains d'origine indienne -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Domestic fiction
- Young adult
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction
- Américaines d'origine indienne -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- East Indian American women -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- East Indian Americans -- Fiction
- East Indian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Familles -- New York (État) -- New York -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
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- Américains d'origine indienne -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Domestic fiction
- Young adult
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction
- Américaines d'origine indienne -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- East Indian American women -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- East Indian Americans -- Fiction
- East Indian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Familles -- New York (État) -- New York -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
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- Author1
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