Summary: A prize-winning poet's first work of fiction describes the love story between Babo, an Indian man, and Sian, a fair-skinned woman from Wales, who forged a life for themselves and their hybrid family in Madras, India. - (Baker & Taylor)
Booklist Reviews
"Doshi's rich debut is the story of three generations of the Patel family in Madras, India. Prem Kumar and his wife Trishala send their eldest son Babo off to England to study with the hope that he'll eventually return home full of ideas for running the family paint business. So they are devastated when they learn that he has fallen in love with a Welsh girl named Siân. Eventually they reconcile themselves to the relationship, and allow Babo to marry Siân on one condition: the couple will reside in Madras at the Patel home for at least two years. Siân agrees, leaving her home behind and growing to love Madras so much that when the two years are up, she decides she and Babo should stay, albeit in a house of their own. Babo and Siân have two children, cautious Mayuri and precocious Bean, who eventually follows in her father's footsteps to England. Doshi tackles some heavy issues, such as the difficulties of leaving family behind and the ongoing repercussions of that choice, with intelligence and grace." Copyright 2010 Booklist Reviews.
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