Publisher's Synopsis
Genre: Fiction, Crossover YA Fiction, Ethnic Literature, South Asian Studies, Multicultural Literature, Women's and Gender Studies, California Cultural Studies, Immigration Studies/ American Culture. Short Description: This Freedom examines the lives of a fictional family of immigrants from the Indian Subcontinent, as they each adapt to life in the US, and bravely become part of E Pluribus Unum. It explores what freedom means to this 'model minority', and how Americanization sometimes works in the individual lives of South Asian Americans. The multi-generational approach in this novel keeps the reader's interest, and truly makes strides in understanding this one segment of American society. Reading Group Guide Included