Mukhergee, Bharati. Desirable daughters. New York : Theia, c2002.
This is a story about 3 sister of traditional Brahmin upper class family, born in Calcutta and now living in the West. The youngest of the three, grew up in a elite Bengali environment, which wavered between traditional Hinduisms and secular technocracy.
She married a computer engineer and is well settled in Silicon Valley. Tara the second daughter was sufficiently “Americanised” to end her marriage in divorce and live with her son in San Francisco. However, the plot thickens when a young man named Chris Dey shows up at her door step claiming to be the illegitimate son of her older sister Padma and bearing an introduction from Ron Dey. Tara goes to the police to further investigate this claim and finds this is a hoax.
She married a computer engineer and is well settled in Silicon Valley. Tara the second daughter was sufficiently “Americanised” to end her marriage in divorce and live with her son in San Francisco. However, the plot thickens when a young man named Chris Dey shows up at her door step claiming to be the illegitimate son of her older sister Padma and bearing an introduction from Ron Dey. Tara goes to the police to further investigate this claim and finds this is a hoax.
The story has a good mix of suspense and an atmosphere of textured family saga.
Bharati Mukherjee is of Bengali origin. She received her education in India and later in the United states. After living a decade in Canada, she and her spouse returned to live in the US. Her other novels are: The Tiger's daughter, Wife, Jasmine, The holder of the world and Leave it to me.
Bharati Mukherjee is of Bengali origin. She received her education in India and later in the United states. After living a decade in Canada, she and her spouse returned to live in the US. Her other novels are: The Tiger's daughter, Wife, Jasmine, The holder of the world and Leave it to me.
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