The Golden Son: A Novel - Softcover

Gowda, Shilpi Somaya

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ISBN 10: 1443454532 ISBN 13: 9781443454537

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2017

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The author of the bestselling Secret Daughter returns with an unforgettable story in which two childhood friends—a young doctor and a newly married bride—must balance the expectations of their culture and their families with the desires of their own hearts.

Anil is the cherished son of a large family in rural India. As the eldest boy, he is expected to inherit the role of leader of his clan. Fiercely brave Leena is his closest companion. Childhood friends—in spite of the inequalities of life and circumstance—they are inseparable, but with the complications of adulthood, their paths begin to diverge.

Anil is the first person in his family to leave India, the first to attend college, the first to become a doctor. Half a world away in Dallas, Texas, he is caught up in his new life, experiencing all the freedoms and temptations of American culture against the setting of a gritty urban hospital.

Leena leaves her beloved home to join her new husband in a distant village, but the arranged marriage shatters her romantic hopes, and eventually forces her to make a desperate choice that will hold drastic repercussions for herself and her family.

Anil’s new American life begins to come apart after a tragic mistake and he is eventually drawn home, where he and Leena meet once again at a time when they need each other most. Tender and bittersweet, The Golden Son illuminates the ambivalence of people caught between past and present, tradition and modernity, duty and choice, the push and pull of living in two cultures, and the painful decisions we must make to find our true selves.

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Two childhood friends separated by thousands of miles rekindle their relationship just at the moment when they need each other most.

Anil is the cherished son of a large family in rural India. Fiercely brave, Leena is his closest companion, despite the inequalities of life and circumstance.

Anil becomes the first person in his family to leave India—the first to attend college and become a doctor. Leena also leaves her beloved home. She joins her new husband in a distant village, but her arranged marriage shatters her romantic hopes, forcing her to make a desperate choice.

Half a world away in Dallas, Texas, Anil is caught up in his new life as he tries to come to terms with his identity. But when Anil makes a tragic mistake at work, things begin to come apart and he decides to return home. Leena is home too, and the two old friends, though altered by their choices and experiences, find solace in each other once again.

About the Author:

Shilpi Somaya Gowda was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her previous novels, Secret Daughter and The Golden Son became international bestsellers, selling over one million copies worldwide. She holds an MBA from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead-Cain scholar. She lives in California with her husband and children.

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