The Abundance
Amit Majmudar
2013, 255 pages
Fiction
Mala and Ronak are grown children of Indian immigrants. They learn that their mother has cancer and return to the family home in the Midwest to be with her. Mala asks her mother to teach her how to cook the traditional Indian dishes. Cooking has always been an expression of their mother’s love for her family. A new chapter in their lives begins, and there is a new closeness between them.
This is a novel about family, the clash of cultures and the bonds between the generations. It is a warm novel that has many layers – sweet and bitter, sad and joyful. Through it all you see the love that they have for each other.
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