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    <body><![CDATA[ok so I picked up this book from the store during the holiday weekend thinking it read 'The Sari Shop Window' and, obviously, the book was so captivating that I realized that it read 'widow' and not 'window' only 10 pages from the end. This should indicate as to how engaged I actually was. I didn't ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70662938">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An enjoyable book about an Indian American widow who meets a British Indian man and the romance that ensues.  Each member of the couple has issues that prevent them from going wholeheartedly into the relationship.  The female widow still idealizes her dead first husband Vic, and has an ongoing relat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78640882">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Anjali is a strong woman faced with a serious dilemma. She co-owns a sari shop in a small Indian enclave in New Jersey with her beloved parents that is about to go bankrupt. After a breakdown from her husband's death ten years ago, she picked herself up and poured her devotion into the shop. Anjali ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71912440">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good view of two generations of a family from India that lives neaar Edison, NJ in an enclave of Indians.  Although a fairly predictable love story, the dependance upon advice from family in old country and new resounds with immigrant habits.  Entertwined with a story of a family business that is co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79854804">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting culturally.  Many of &quot;us&quot; need to remember we come from such vast traditions and customs.  There is no one way!  I got a kick out of the &quot;local color&quot;--Little India in Edison has some great eateries! References to Rutgers, the airport, and particular street names were...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71015077">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a good read.  It's a fine portrait of a typical indian american family, of a woman born and raised in the US - torn between being modern and conservative at the same time. I liked all the central characters, specially Rishi, the protagonist.The backdrop of the boutique (sari shop) enha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69793595">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Free Kindle Download. I think I got hoodwinked into reading a romance, but I can claim that it was really a slice-of-Indian-Immigrant-Life and had a lot deeper meaning and interaction than most romances, right? The writing did seem a little clumsy in places, but the everyday lives of people can be c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69318462">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I gave this book 4 stars only b/c I saw the ending coming a mile away. Even so, the story was very entertaining. I loved reading about indian culture and all that goes with it. I did get irritated at times with the main character's distrust and skepticism but I suppose if I had been through all she ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79114805">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a free book from Amazon.  It's a more mainstream type of novel than I usually read.  It was pretty good as such.  It is set in the American-Indian community, so it had some interesting &quot;flavor&quot;.  Otherwise it is a pretty straightforward romance type of story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very great book. I read it in a day. Evidently, Ms. Bantwal has written other novels set in India and focusing on social issues. She chose to set this story in an Indo-American community and look at the challenges faced by women who are Indian immigrants and children of immigrants. A wonderful story...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69643394">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was so interesting to learn about Indian culture in America, where in some places, older Indian cultures are still deeply inbedded. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I guess it is an Indian pot boiler or romance, but not much heat or light.  Amazon usually does better in matching me up with books.  ]]></body>
    
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