The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Secret Daughter Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture!

Anil is the cherished eldest son of a large family in rural Gujarat, expected to inherit the role of leader of his clan and arbiter of its disputes, dispensing wisdom and good advice. Leena is his closest companion, a fiercely brave girl who loves nothing more than the wild terrain they inhabit and her close-knit family. As childhood friends, they are inseparable?but as adulthood approaches,
they grow apart.
Anil is the first in his family to leave India, the first to
attend college, the first to become a doctor. Half a world away in Dallas, Texas, he is caught up in his new life, experiencing all the freedoms and temptations of American culture. In India, Leena leaves home to join her new husband?s family in a distant village.
Then things start to go wrong: Anil begins to question his worth as a doctor and as a friend. On a visit home, he rekindles his friendship with the woman who seems to understand him better than anyone else. As the two friends rediscover each other, they must first undo the errors of the past.
For fans of Secret Daughter and The Namesake, here is a compelling new read.
Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Shilpi Somaya Gowda was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. In college, she spent a summer as a volunteer in an Indian orphanage, which seeded the idea for her first novel, Secret
Daughter, published in 2010. It became an international bestseller, selling over a million copies worldwide, and has been translated into 24 languages. Her second novel, The Golden Son,
is being published in around the world. Shilpi holds an MBA from Stanford University, and a Bachelor?s Degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a More head-Cain scholar. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Children\'s Defense Fund, and is a Patron of Child haven
International, the organization for which she volunteered in India. She lives in California with her husband and children.

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