01956cam a2200301 i 4500 1164583400 TxAuBib 20170527120000.0 170127s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016058277 9781250112118 hardcover 1250112117 hardcover (OCoLC)957021183 DLC eng rda DLC YDX BDX OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO HEV TxAuBib rda Satyal, Rakesh, author. No one can pronounce my name : a novel / Rakesh Satyal. First edition. New York : Picador, 2017. 384 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In a suburb outside Cleveland, a community of Indian Americans has settled into lives that straddle the divide between Eastern and Western cultures. For some, America is a bewildering and alienating place where coworkers can't pronounce your name but will eagerly repeat the Sanskrit phrases from their yoga class. Harit, a lonely Indian immigrant in his mid-forties, lives with his mother who can no longer function after the death of Harit's sister, Swati. In a misguided attempt to keep both himself and his mother sane, Harit has taken to dressing up in a sari every night to pass himself off as his sister. Meanwhile, Ranjana, also an Indian immigrant in her mid-forties, has just seen her only child, Prashant, off to college. Worried that her husband has begun an affair, she seeks solace by writing paranormal romances in secret. When Harit and Ranjana's paths cross, they begin a strange yet necessary friendship that brings to light their own passions and fears"-- Provided by publisher. 20170527. East Indian Americans Ohio Fiction. Domestic fiction. TXKIP