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So my coworker and I (she's Indian, I'm Chinese) talked about this book after I read it and how it so eerily mirrored both our middle-class, suburban, culturally-alienated lives. North Jersey xoxo. I'm a big Jhumpa fan and enjoyed Interpreter of Maladies. What I like about this as opposed to her short stories is that The Namesake isn't a series of disasters. Unfortunately my parents went and saw the movie and called me up for a long chat about family and guilt. It was awful--but the book was decent.

I am really enjoying this series so far. My favorite is Oberon, the wolfhound!