A Place for Us
Ratings16
Average rating4.5
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Ratings16
Average rating4.5
A story of family identity and belonging follows an Indian family through the marriage of their daughter, from the parents' arrival in the United States to the return of their estranged son.
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4.5 stars - maybe a 5, need to ponder more. Mirza did an excellent job of jumping back and forth between narrators and periods of time, but without losing the story's thread. At times the family conflict felt a bit contrived to me, but I also say that as someone without siblings or such a complicated faith-cultural foundation. The last part of the book pushed this book into memorable territory for me, and I'd suggest having some tissues nearby.
3.75
It's the last section of the book that bumped a whole star up for me.
