Description
A young man from a rural Indian family leaves home to pursue an extraordinary future, becoming the first in his family to attend college and train as a doctor. In Dallas, he encounters the exhilarating freedoms and unsettling contradictions of American life while navigating love, ambition, and the expectations carried from home. As his choices reshape his relationship with family and tradition, the novel explores identity, sacrifice, social change, and the difficult meaning of belonging across two worlds.
Available Editions
paperback
William Morrow Paperbacks
Published Nov 29, 2016
432 pages
ISBN: 9780062391469
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Details
First Published
2015
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda.
Domestic Abuse
Violence
Death/Grief
Medical Trauma