Description
In Lahore, sixteen-year-old Feroza Ginwalla—raised within the tight rhythms of a conservative Parsi community—finds her world upended when she is sent to the United States. As she settles into a new country, she must navigate unfamiliar customs, shifting expectations, and the quiet pressures of belonging, all while trying to remain true to herself. Told with Bapsi Sidhwa’s sharp observational wit and compassionate insight, the novel explores identity, cultural displacement, and the complicated negotiations of family and freedom. A coming-of-age story shaped by diaspora and modernity, it captures what it means to grow up when home is both a place you leave and a self you’re still learning to define.
Available Editions
paperback
Milkweed Editions
Published Jan 1, 1995
317 pages
ISBN: 9781571310057
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Details
First Published
1993
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for An American Brat by Bapsi Sidhwa.