You Bring the Distant Near

You Bring the Distant Near

Nominated for the National Book Award.<br />Six starred reviews<br /><i>School Library Journal's </i>Best Book of the Year.<br /><i>Publisher's Weekly's</i> Best Book of the Year.<br /><i>Horn Book </i>Fanfare List.<br />ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults.<br />New York City Public Library's Notable 50 Best Book for Teens.<br />South Asia Book Award Winner.<br />Mississippi's Magnolia Award Winner.<br /><br />This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, <i>You Bring the Distant Near </i>explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse. From a grandmother worried that her children are losing their Indian identity to a daughter wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair to a granddaughter social-activist fighting to preserve Bengali tigers, award-winning author Mitali Perkins weaves together the threads of a family growing into an American identity. Here is a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely new.