| If Today Be Sweet Contributor(s): Umrigar, Thrity (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061240249 ISBN-13: 9780061240249 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: In this exquisite novel rich with emotion, beauty, and texture, the bestselling author of "The Space Between Us" explores the trials a woman faces after her husband dies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.48" W x 7.96" (0.55 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - Indian - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Death/Dying - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Ultimately, [If Today Be Sweet] reflects on what makes an individual part of a community, and movingly depicts the heartaches, responsibilities, and rewards of family life--among one's own blood relatives as well as one's 'family of choice.' . . . [A] meditation on the complex process of building a new life." -- Charlotte Observer The recent death of her beloved husband, Rustom, has taken its toll on Tehmina Sethna. Now, while visiting her son, Sorab, in his suburban Ohio home, she is being asked to choose between continuing her old life in India and starting a new one in this unfamiliar country with her son, his American wife, and their child. Her destiny is uncertain, and soon the plight of two troubled young children next door will force the most difficult decision she has ever faced. Ultimately the journey is one that Tehmina must travel alone. Eloquently written, evocative, and unforgettable, If Today Be Sweet is a poignant look at issues of immigration, identity, family life, and hope. |
Contributor Bio(s): Umrigar, Thrity: - Thrity Umrigar is the author of seven novels Everybody's Son, The Story Hour, The World We Found, The Weight of Heaven, The Space Between Us, If Today Be Sweet, and Bombay Time; a memoir, First Darling of the Morning; and a children's picture book, When I Carried You in My Belly. A former journalist, she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship to Harvard and was a finalist for the PEN Beyond Margins Award. A professor of English at Case Western Reserve University, she lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
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