"Enchanting Mukherjee's pitch-perfect ear for character and mood and her storytelling gifts capture the exhilarating restlessness of a young Indian woman's pursuit of happiness. "Miss New India" illuminates as brilliantly as it entertains." --Amy Tan
Anjali Bose's prospects don't look great. Bo[...]
Jasmine, a young widow in India, moves to the United States to begin a new life
Newcomers to the United States struggle with the transforming power of American culture--including an aristocratic Filipino who wrangles a life for herself with an American investment banker and an Iraqi Jew who lands in Queens--in this collection of short sties about the immigrant experience. Repri[...]
When Jasmine Vijh is widowed in India at 17, she seems fated to a life of isolation in an Indian village. But she flees to America where she becomes Jane Ripplemeyer, resident of Iowa, married and adoptive mother of a Vietnamese refugee. The author also wrote The Middleman and Other Stories .[...]