The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel
A woman embarks on an unexpected journey into her past in an engrossing novel about identity, family secrets, and rediscovering the need to belong. Meena Dave is a photojournalist and a nomad. She has no family, no permanent address, and no long-term attachments, preferring to observe the world at a distance through the lens of her camera. But Meena’s solitary life is turned upside down when she unexpectedly inherits an apartment in a Victorian brownstone in historic Back Bay, Boston. Though Meena’s impulse is to sell it and keep moving, she decides to use her journalistic instinct to follow the story that landed her in the home of a stranger. It’s a mystery that comes with a series of hidden clues, a trio of meddling Indian aunties, and a handsome next-door neighbor. For Meena it’s a chance for newfound friendships, community, and culture she never thought possible. And a window into her past she never expected. Now as everything unknown to Meena comes into focus, she must reconcile who she wants to be with who she really is. Read more
If you liked Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake, you'll love The Candid Life of Meena Dave. Like "Namesake" "The Candid Life" is set in Boston, only in Boston's cobbled ancient and old-money Back Bay and not Cambridge. And Meena Dave is a woman who works as a photojournalist and is of Indian descent. But being adopted after a bad accident took her parents, she has no permanent address, wanders the world for her work and has little connection to her heritage except for a liking for London's butter chicken curry. The novel starts with the classic opening of the main character receiving a mystery inheritance (with strings attached.) It's not an old ring or money, in this case it's an apartment in Boston's Back Bay with restrictions on its sale and with a gaggle of nosy, intrusive and even bossy neighbors, three of whom are "aunties" (the Indian term for older women like your mom who are not your mom...but maybe act like it.) Meena is immediately swept into their world and learns finally about her own origins as well as how to make a decent cup of chai (and how to eat parathas with spicy pickle!) There's a lot more but why spoil it? I opened this book and could NOT put it down. Great storytelling and wonderful characters. It's billed as "women's literature" and I suppose it is, but anyone can enjoy this book who enjoys people and situations that come out of the blue. HIGHLY RECOMMEND
ASIN -> B09K7J47Y8 Publisher -> Lake Union Publishing (June 1, 2022) Publication date -> June 1, 2022 Language -> English File size -> 4416 KB Text-to-Speech -> Enabled Screen Reader -> Supported Enhanced typesetting -> Enabled
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