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Karoom Seth had led an interesting life in that he has survived at least two world catastrophes, a tsunami in India, and the World Trade Center collapse. To say he suffers from survivor's guilt is correct; it has all but consumed him. His girlfriend Gita and his buddy Lloyd have gone to heroic lengths to try and help him,but to no avail.
Gita has a plan to take him to India to make connections with his remaining relatives. She thinks that because of his Indian heritage, the Indian viewpoint may ...more
Gita has a plan to take him to India to make connections with his remaining relatives. She thinks that because of his Indian heritage, the Indian viewpoint may ...more
Although the force of this book is directed toward Karoom's process of trying to live with survivor's guilt, having escaped from the Twin Towers in 2001 and a tsunami off the coast of India in 2004, what attracted me was the differences in general outlook toward life between Indians, Americans and Indians who had migrated to the US. Not a bad first effort for this author.
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Apr 10, 2014
Suzanne
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