AmericansTara, single, Indian, mid thirties, travelling from Madras (Chennai) to the US at her sister's behest, is the linking character in a novel with ten others, each telling their own story, set in different American cities, in 2005. Based mostly in the Indian American community, the stories explore what it means to be in America, what it means to be American, with the novel's title referring to the sometimes ironic distance between perception and reality.

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and the price of what we wish to change

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In compiling this revised edition the authors revisited all the domaines that appeared in previous editions plus scores of 'rising stars' to select the very best and most interesting of them - and remove those that no longer come up to scratch

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Poor old Bert

He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother

Africa explores the incredibly diverse range of habitats and wildlife on this continent

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