On a deeper level, it celebrates a harmonious blending of cultures as it traces one adolescent's bumpy trek towards self-actualization. On one level, the book explores the growing pains, rebellious phases, peer pressures and first love experienced universally by teens. In the process, the heroine embarks on a journey of self-discovery. When Gwyn becomes infatuated with Karsh, Dimple helps Gwyn become a suitable girlfriend for him, even as she gradually comes to admire Karsh herself.
Through their meeting, the author reveals Dimple's mother's own secret creative aspirations (to become a dancer in her youth) as well as another first-generation teen's attempt to straddle both cultures. The author nimbly describes the shared outsider status that drew together the two, "the rich little girl who lived like an orphan and the brown little girl who existed as if she were still umbilically attached to her parents."ĭuring Dimple's 17th year, however, the tables suddenly turn when Dimple's parents introduce her to Karsh Kapoor, the son of their close friends from India. "Not quite Indian, and not quite American," Dimple unsuccessfully tries to blend in, riding on the coattails of her blue-eyed, blonde best friend, Gwyn. Dimple Lala, a New Jersey teen interested in photography, has been confused about her identity since she entered the world the "wrong way," causing her mother "twelve treacherous hours of painful labor." Her fascination with photography reveals Dimple's keen sense of perception as well as her role as an observer rather than a participant. Urn:oclc:769804172 Republisher_date 20120327194548 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120327034830 Scanner this enlightening first novel, Hidier offers readers an engrossing, personal account of the Indian-American experience through the eyes of an insightful narrator. Urn:lcp:bornconfused00desa_0:epub:8d213ab7-fea3-4d5d-ac04-88297fdb5596 Extramarc University of North Carolina Foldoutcount 0 Identifier bornconfused00desa_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9v134f1g Isbn 9780439357623Ġ439357624 Lccn 2002004515 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng Openlibrary O元553054M Openlibrary_edition
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