false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1232578279m/4330608.jpg 4330608 3 Tania James's poignant, funny, blazingly original debut novel is a story about sisterhood, the tantalizing dream of America, and the secret histories and hilarious eccentricities of families everywhere.<br><br>In the wake of their mother's mysterious death, Linno and Anju Vallara are raised in Kerala by their father and grandmother. As a teenager, Anju wins a scholarship to a Manhattan prep school with an act of betrayal that severs her relationship with Linno, whose own future seems to hold little more than marriage. In New York, Anju is plunged into the elite world of her Hindu American host family, led by a well-known television personality and her fiendishly ambitious son, a Princeton dropout determined to make a documentary about Anju's life. But when Anju finds herself ensnared in her own lies, she runs away, helped by a stranger with hidden ties to her parents. Desperate to find Anju, Linno embarks on a journey of her own, toward her sister, and toward her mother, whose memory she has kept shrouded until now.<br><br>Funny, sad, moving, expertly told, with impeccably rendered portraits of unforgettable families on two continents, James's first novel is a masterful evocation of two sisters whose bonds are powerfully tested, whose love provides the only reliable compass in a landscape of unknowns, and whose dreams of home finally converge in a stunning reunion. A vibrant, dazzlingly original debut. 4378420 21 4 2009 Atlas of Unknowns total:111|5:24|4:43|3:38|2:5|1:1| 111 417 313 27 5 1 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 13:40:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 13:41:09 -0700 2009 Tania James is Indian and studied at Harvard and Columbia. In Atlas of Unknowns, she uses her obviously brilliant education to draw on her cultural background and write an absolutely dazzling novel about the human condition. Atlas of Unknowns is the story of two Indian sister...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:48:23 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:48:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 18:57:53 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 21:19:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 11:21:02 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 21:55:13 -0700 2009 Atlas of Unknowns is one of those rare, perceptive books that effortlessly tackles a battery of issues ranging from the benign to the tragically consequential and still manages to keep a sense of humor. There is no one narrator. Instead the plot follows the lives and voices of the Vallara family f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 12 08:00:08 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 10:24:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 18:18:45 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 12:27:15 -0700 2009 Atlas of Unknowns is the story of a family torn apart by betrayal and separated geographically by thousands of miles. Linno and Anju Vallara are the sisters at the center of the family who must learn to navigate the difficult life choices that dictate the complexity of life's journey. The story unfo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 18:26:14 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 13:42:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 14:20:20 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 12:22:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 08:49:52 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 08:20:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 08:50:36 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 13:09:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:06:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:09:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 18:43:20 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 18:45:25 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 20:37:36 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 20:43:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 13 15:37:14 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 15:39:49 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 17:22:26 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 17:25:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Sep 04 16:09:23 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 16:10:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 14:23:11 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 14:24:48 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 22 08:47:41 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 08:50:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false true Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 19 08:33:02 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 12:42:43 -0800 2009
I have two reservations. I think sometimes the pacing is wrong. The ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 12:36:47 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 07:54:06 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4330608