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Five girls.
Five girls.
Three generations.
Three generations.
One great American love story.
One great American love story.
Summary
Summary
This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humour 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.
This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humour 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.
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.
Here is a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely new.
Reader Reviews
Reader Reviews
Quite honestly one of my favourite reads of the year. In a little over 300 pages, Perkins manages to make you fall in love with 3-generations of the Das family and feel like you're right there along for their journey. You Bring the Distant Near is about identity, change (denial and acceptance of it) and the bond between sisters and family. I loved it and I know it's a novel that'll stay with me for a while. I highly encourage you to add it to your TBR pile if you haven't already done so.
Shelly
I highly recommend You Bring the Distant Near. This may be a short novel, but it has a lot to say. It deals with race, religion, immigration, multiculturalism, multiple generations, and fitting in somewhere new. These are the kind of stories we need!
Maria
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