Il figlio americano

This is the story of a mother who travels to America to find his missing son. There are a lot of relevant contemporary themes embedded in it. The topics pertaining to the pressures faced during migration to a different country, difficulties of people belonging to the LGBT community, how cons

An original and charming story. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Pival Sengupta lives in India, and she is recently widowed. A year prior, her son, Rahi, told his parents he was gay and fled for California. Before he died, Pival’s husband told her that their son had died. Pival packs her bags and heads to the United Stat Leggi tutto

Favorite Quotes: They had raised Rebecca with strong assurances that she could be anything she wanted to be, and then, like so many American parents, were surprised and dismayed when she believed them. He ate ravenously at every meal, piling on plate after plate of rice and patting his nonexistent st Leggi tutto

America for Beginners is an extraordinary debut by Leah Franqui. Once I finished the book, it gave me a tremendous sense of lightness and hope. It is something I wanted from a book for a while as I struggle to find a sense of hope from the world nowadays. After so many authors telling me what is wro Leggi tutto

I wanted to like this book but the execution fell flat for me. There were some interesting themes about cross cultural dynamics and I liked the ending message of hope and moving forward even when life is painful. That said, a lot of the novel revolved around a dead gay son, from the perspectives of