The World We Found

by Thrity Umrigar

Genres: Cultural Heritage; Literary Fiction; Women's Fiction

Synopsis

Best-selling author and PEN/Beyond Margins Award finalist Thrity Umrigar’s acclaimed novels “resonate with rich prose and vibrant depictions of India” (Booklist). In The World We Found, Armaiti, Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta—once friends at the University of Bombay—reconnect 30 years later when Armaiti is diagnosed with cancer. Coming together, all four women are forced to reexamine their lives.
“[A] powerful meditation on friendship, on loss, and all the regrets of middle age …” —Boston Globe

Release date: July 31, 2012

Publisher: Harper

Print pages: 336