In her debut novel, The Shape of Family, Shilpi Somaya Gowda explores the complicated and evolving relationships among siblings and parents in a large Indian-American family in suburban Chicago. Focusing on the eldest sibling, Manjula, the novel traces the effect of her family’s traditional values on the lives of her own children as they grow up through their teenage years and into adulthood. Through it all, Gowda provides an intimate look at how family relationships develop over time. She explores this topic further through her official Goodreads author page. Where she can be contacted to answer questions about her book and writing experience.
Overview About “The Shape of Family” by “Shilpi Somaya Gowda”
The Shape of Family is about immigrants. The main character, Neelam Mehra, was born in India and moved to America at an early age with her family. In many ways, Neelam feels like she has two separate lives. One in America and one in India. Both are separated from each other by an ocean. She watches her parents struggle between their Indian roots and life as American citizens with a typical American lifestyle. Which makes her question if that same problem will happen to her when she grows up.
Reviews About “The Shape of Family” by “Shilpi Somaya Gowda”
If you’re into historical fiction, then you’ll probably enjoy The Shape of Our Family. I didn’t know much about India’s struggle for independence. OR her caste system before reading it and found both areas to be very interesting. I also learned a lot about being a young widow. And what it was like to live through that in India during that time period. My one criticism is that there were a lot of unanswered questions at the end regarding characters from other countries. But those could just be things we’ll find out more about in future books. It definitely left me wanting more!
About “Shilpi Somaya Gowda” the author of “The Shape of Family”
Shilpi is a novelist and nonfiction writer. Her latest novel, The Breadwinner, was published by Simon & Schuster in October 2015. The first book in her critically acclaimed Bangalore-set trilogy, tells the story of Zohra, who must take charge when her husband disappears from their apartment one morning and she is left to support their two young children on her own. In addition to writing novels and essays, Shilpi teaches Creative Writing at UC Berkeley and Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program. Her work has appeared in a number of journals including Granta, Guernica, Narrative Magazine, and The Rumpus as well as on NPR.
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