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Anil Patel, the golden son, carries the weight of tradition and his family's expectations when he leaves his tiny Indian village to begin a medical residency in Dallas, Texas. When his father dies, Anil becomes the de facto head of the Patel household and inherits the mantle of arbiter for all of the village's disputes. But he is uncertain that he has the wisdom and courage demonstrated by his father. Back in India, Anil's closest childhood friend, Leena, struggles to adapt to her new arranged marriage, which has shattered her romantic hopes. Though Anil and Leena struggle to come to terms with their identities thousands of miles apart, their lives eventually intersect once more -- changing them both and the people they love forever.
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Shilpi Somaya Gowda is the New York Times bestselling author of 3 novels: SECRET DAUGHTER (2010) , THE GOLDEN SON (2015) , and THE SHAPE OF FAMILY (2020) . Her novels have been translated into over 30 languages, been #1 international bestsellers in several countries and sold more than two million copies worldwide. Shilpi was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. In college, she spent a summer as a volunteer in an Indian orphanage, which seeded the idea for her first novel: SECRET DAUGHTER was an IndieNext Great Read, a Target Book Club Pick, a ChaptersIndigo Heather's Pick, and an Amnesty International Book Club Pick. It was a finalist for the South African Boeke Literary Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. It is currently in production with Amazon Studios to be a feature film, starring Priyanka Chopra and Sienna Miller. THE GOLDEN SON was also a Target Book Club Pick, a Costco Buyer's Pick, and was awarded the French literary prize, Prix des Lyceens Folio. THE SHAPE OF FAMILY was an international and American bestseller. Her next novel is slated for publication in 2024 in multiple territories. Shilpi holds an MBA from Stanford University, and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead-Cain scholar. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Children's Defense Fund, and is a Patron of Childhaven International, the organization for which she volunteered in India. She now lives in California.
