Karan Mahajan’s The Complex: A Novel is equal parts family saga – following the illicit liaisons, political ambitions, and mortal betrayals of a prominent Delhi family – and political drama. As India erupts in violence and long-buried secrets come to light, the embattled Chopra family must reckon with the cost of power and the shifting nature of love and allegiance. In Patmeena Sabit’s Good People: A Novel, after fleeing Afghanistan carrying nothing, the Sharaf family wrote a story of unimaginable immigrant success and wealth in America. But when Zorah, the eldest daughter, dies under suspicious circumstances, questions emerge. Their story unfolds through neighbors’ and eyewitness accounts, with the family never directly weighing in. Was their glittering American dream nothing more than a carefully constructed illusion? And in Thrity Umrigar’s Missing Sam: A Novel, after a woman goes missing on a morning run her wife struggles to find her, while dealing with the scrutiny and suspicion that follows her as a gay, Muslim daughter of immigrants. Capturing the terror and real dangers – both physical and psychological – of being brown and queer in America amid today’s political climate, this is a tense and twisting tale.Moving between the U.S. and modern India.

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