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03873aim a22003975a 4500 001 9D83F8E0DE6411E8A1A4695297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181102010026 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 180729s2018 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 $a 0062849123 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 $a 9780062849120 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 $a MWT12126524 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Franqui, Leah, $e author. 245 10 $a America for beginners : $b a novel $h [electronic resource] / $c Leah Franqui. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b Harper Collins Publishers, $c 2018. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 50 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 $a Read by Soneela Nankani. 520 $a Recalling contemporary classics such as Americanah, Behold the Dreamers , and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , a funny, poignant, and insightful debut novel that explores the complexities of family, immigration, prejudice, and the American Dream through meaningful and unlikely friendships forged in unusual circumstances. Pival Sengupta has done something she never expected: she has booked a trip with the First Class India USA Destination Vacation Tour Company. But unlike other upper-class Indians on a foreign holiday, the recently widowed Pival is not interested in sightseeing. She is traveling thousands of miles from Kolkota to New York on a cross-country journey to California, where she hopes to uncover the truth about her beloved son, Rahi. A year ago Rahi devastated his very traditional parents when he told them he was gay. Then, Pival's husband, Ram, told her that their son had died suddenly-heartbreaking news she still refuses to accept. Now, with Ram gone, she is going to America to find Rahi, alive and whole or dead and gone, and come to terms with her own life. Arriving in New York, the tour proves to be more complicated than anticipated. Planned by the company's indefatigable owner, Ronnie Munshi-a hard-working immigrant and entrepreneur hungry for his own taste of the American dream-it is a work of haphazard improvisation. Pavil's guide is the company's new hire, the guileless and wonderfully resourceful Satya, who has been in America for one year-and has never actually left the five boroughs. For modesty's sake Pival and Satya will be accompanied by Rebecca Elliot, an aspiring young actress. Eager for a paying gig, she's along for the ride, because how hard can a two-week "working" vacation traveling across America be? Slowly making her way from coast to coast with her unlikely companions, Pival finds that her understanding of her son-and her hopes of a reunion with him-are challenged by her growing knowledge of his adoptive country. As the bonds between this odd trio deepens, Pival, Satya, and Rebecca learn to see America-and themselves-in different and profound new ways. A bittersweet and bighearted tale of forgiveness, hope, and acceptance, America for Beginners illuminates the unexpected enchantments life can hold, and reminds us that our most precious connections aren't always the ones we seek. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Widows $v Fiction. 650 0 $a East Indians $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women travelers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mothers and sons $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Nankani, Soneela, $e narrator. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12126524 $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780062849120_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20181102010457.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9D83F8E0DE6411E8A1A4695297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search