The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of
Secret Daughter returns with an unforgettable story of family,
responsibility, love, honor, tradition, and identity, in which two
childhood friends-a young doctor and a newly married bride-must
balance the expectations of their culture and their families with
the desires of their own hearts. The first of his family to go to
college, Anil Patel, the golden son, carries the weight of
tradition and his family's expectations when he leaves his tiny
Indian village to begin a medical residency in Dallas, Texas, at
one of the busiest and most competitive hospitals in America. When
his father dies, Anil becomes the de facto head of the Patel
household and inherits the mantle of arbiter for all of the
village's disputes. But he is uneasy with the custom, uncertain
that he has the wisdom and courage demonstrated by his father and
grandfather. His doubts are compounded by the difficulties he
discovers in adjusting to a new culture and a new job, challenges
that will shake his confidence in himself and his abilities. Back
home in India, Anil's closest childhood friend, Leena, struggles to
adapt to her demanding new husband and relatives. Arranged by her
parents, the marriage shatters Leena's romantic hopes, and
eventually forces her to make a desperate choice that will hold
drastic repercussions for herself and her family. Though Anil and
Leena struggle to come to terms with their identities thousands of
miles apart, their lives eventually intersect once more-changing
them both and the people they love forever. Tender and bittersweet,
The Golden Son illuminates the ambivalence of people caught between
past and present, tradition and modernity, duty and choice; the
push and pull of living in two cultures, and the painful decisions
we must make to find our true selves.
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