You bring the distant near

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J Perkins
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Available

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Summary

A 2017 National Book Award Longlist Title with six starred reviews
A School Library Journal's Best Books of 2017
A New York City Public Library's Notable 50 Best Books for Teens
2018 South Asia Book Award Winner
2018 White Ravens Award Winner
A Louisiana Readers' Choice Award Nominee

This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse.

From a grandmother worried that her children are losing their Indian identity to a daughter wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair to a granddaughter social-activist fighting to preserve Bengali tigers, award-winning author Mitali Perkins weaves together the threads of a family growing into an American identity.

Here is a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely new.

Contents

Strangers 1973-74 -- Sonia: Home is where the stories are -- Tara: Marcia Magic -- Sonia: The queen of bargaining -- Sonia: Fire escape -- Tara: Flushing forever -- Tara: Star quality -- Travelers 1976-81 -- Sonia: A daughter for life -- Sonia: Liberation -- Tara: Land where my fathers died -- No translation -- Settlers 1998-2006 -- Chantal: New rules -- Anna: United cousins of Carver school -- Chantal: The Porsche factor -- Anna: Off the deep end -- No dot-com needed.

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