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Family Life, by Akhil Sharma

March 4, 2015 by bex Leave a Comment

Family Life, by Akhil Sharma

Three minutes is nothing—yet changes everything. Ajay is 8 years old when his family emigrates from India to America in the late 1970s. The attention excites him, makes him feel important, but he cannot believe that India, and his grandparents’ house with the gutters his grandfather cleans with soap every Sunday, will continue to exist […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Coming-of-age, Fiction, India Tagged With: immigrant, long-term illness

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I am a writer and indie bookseller with a journalism degree from Southern Oregon University and a voracious appetite for books. I don't view reading as an escape as much as an extension of reality. Books help me make sense of the world and find my place there. Read More…

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