Paulette Kennedy, author of Parting the Veil Shah’s empathy and cultural insight is masterfully conveyed as Preeti balances tradition with the pressures of assimilation.
The Taste of Ginger is a compelling and multilayered novel that explores the complexities of the immigrant experience and the search for identity. Jennifer Bardsley, author of Sweet Bliss Fans of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri or The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan will adore The Taste of Ginger. Mansi Shah’s intimate exploration of the immigrant experience mirrored against the complex relationship between mothers and daughters touched my heart.
Love stories come in many forms but it’s rare to find one that’s such a beautiful tribute to the importance of tradition, culture, and extended family. “A poignant debut novel, reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri, that touches on the immigrant experience in America, being caught between two cultures, and finding one’s place in the world.” - Booklist Suzanne Redfearn, #1 Amazon bestselling author of In an Instant The Taste of Ginger is a book everyone should read. Heartrending and complex, it is an honest look into what it feels like to be different and to search for identity and a sense of belonging while struggling between assimilation and tradition-the plight of any immigrant. This beautifully crafted story takes the reader on a journey into another world through the eyes of someone who both belongs and doesn’t. The Taste of Ginger is a captivating novel about a young woman caught between cultures-that of her birthland, India, and America, the place she immigrated to as a child. Torn between two beautifully flawed cultures, Preeti must now untangle what home truly means to her. Surrounded by the sights and sounds of her heritage, Preeti catches a startling glimpse of her family’s battles with class, tradition, and sacrifice. Years later, with her parents not speaking to her and her controversial relationship in tatters, all Preeti has left is her career at a prestigious Los Angeles law firm.īut when Preeti receives word of a terrible accident in the city where she was born, she returns to India, where she’ll have to face her estranged parents…and the complicated past they left behind. All she did was fall in love with a white Christian carnivore instead of a conventional Indian boy. In Mansi Shah’s stunning debut novel, a family tragedy beckons a first-generation immigrant to the city of her birth, where she grapples with her family’s past in search of where she truly belongs.Īfter her parents moved her and her brother to America, Preeti Desai never meant to tear her family apart.
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