While I was coming home from Texas I had some extra time and was able to finish "The Mango Season" by Amulya Malladi. I seem to like all things connected with India and this book falls into that favor. It is a pleasant, fast read that centers around a young woman who left India to study in America. She falls in love with an American and after seven years, returns home to tell her family about "Nick". Not only is she confronted by how strange India feels after being gone for so long, but marrying a foreigner is not in her family's boundaries. Priya is forced into making a difficult choice- family or love. Yes, it would make a good chick-flick but it was a good read and well written.
This is the author's first novel and I tend to like reading "firsts". They are frequently more fresh and genuine... in my opinion.
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