Spotlight of What A Happy Family by Saumya Dave

 

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WHAT A HAPPY FAMILY

SAUMYA DAVE

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF DANIELLE KEIR, SENIOR PUBLICIST | BERKLEY, PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE.

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In short, the novel is about a family who learns the funniest punchlines can hide the hardest truths.

 

Berkley Trade Paperback Original; June 22, 2021; Diverse Women’s fiction 

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PRAISE FOR WHAT A HAPPY FAMILY:

 

“A full, big hearted novel.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the Six 

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ABOUT WHAT A HAPPY FAMILY:

A full, big hearted novel.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the Six

Nestled in the suburbs of Atlanta, a family learns the funniest punchlines can hide the hardest truths in this evocative women’s fiction novel from the author of Well-Behaved Indian Women

From the outside, the Joshi family is the quintessential Indian-American family. Decades ago, Bina and Deepak immigrated to America, where she became a pillar of their local Indian community and he, a successful psychiatrist. Their eldest daughter, Suhani, is following the footsteps of her father’s career and happily married. Natasha, their middle daughter, is about to become engaged to the son of longtime family friends. And Anuj, their son—well he’s a son and what could be better than that?
 
But a family scandal shows that nothing is as it seems. Bina’s oldest friendship starts to unravel and she finds herself as an outsider in the community she helped build. Suhani discovers that her perfect marriage isn’t as solid as she thought. Natasha faces a series of rejections that send her into a downward spiral. 
 
As they encounter public humiliation, gossiping aunties, and self-doubt, the Joshi family must rely on each other like never before. But sometimes, family has to fall apart in order to come back stronger than before.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

PHOTO CREDIT:  Sultan Khan

 

Saumya Dave is an author, resident psychiatrist, and co-founder of thisisforHER. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, Huffington Post, Refinery29, and others. Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the Six raves that WHAT A HAPPY FAMILY is a “full, big hearted novel.”

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