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Cross-cultural comedy about finding your place in America . . . and finding your heart wherever, from an amazing new young author.Dimple doesn't know what to think. Her parents are from India, and she's spent years rebelling against their customs. Now everything from India is suddenly hip -- even her best friend Gwyn has a bindi dot as an accesory. To make matters worse, Dimple's parents are trying to set her up with a "suitable boy." Their first meeting is a disaster -- the boy is way too soft-spoken.. But then she bumps into the boy again at a club -- where he's the DJ. Suddenly the suitable boy is actually suitable -- because of his sheer unsuitability. A comedy about balancing your culture with your confusion. Show more Show less #outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Cross-cultural comedy about finding your place in America . . . and finding your heart wherever, from an amazing new young author.Dimple doesn't know what to think. Her parents are from India, and she's spent years rebelling against their customs. Now everything from India is suddenly hip -- even her best friend Gwyn has a bindi dot as an accesory. To make matters worse, Dimple's parents are trying to set her up with a "suitable boy." Their first meeting is a disaster -- the boy is way too soft-spoken.. But then she bumps into the boy again at a club -- where he's the DJ. Suddenly the suitable boy is actually suitable -- because of his sheer unsuitability. A comedy about balancing your culture with your confusion.
About the Author
TANUJA DESAI HIDIER is a writer and musician based in London, via NYC. Her first novel, --the first ever South Asian American coming-of-age story--was a Larry King pick of the week, an American Library Association BBYA book of the year, and a book of the week. The book has been translated into Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Italian, German, and various South Asian languages, and was recently exhibited at the Queens Museum of Art as part of the exhibition. Tanuja has adapted BORN CONFUSED into a screenplay. She wrote and directed the award-winning short film . Her short stories have been included in numerous anthologies, including the anthology, celebration of a decade of Asian-American writing, , Basilisk. com, Daunt Bookstore's Short Story Anthology, , and , the latter for which she was featured on BBC1's program Tanuja has been a recipient of the d and the . Soon after launched, Time Out New York brought her on board as Guest Consulting Editor for their groundbreaking issue: . Tanuja was also a finalist for the for the United Kingdom and was voted one of the in the world by Desiclub. com. She is currently at work on the Bombay-based sequel to BORN CONFUSED, as well as an album of new songs to accompany the book.
