So excited to be giving away this extremely lovely, warm, and hopeful book, which I recently read over one weekend. (And recommended on our Twitter, where we’re often talking books.) I’m confident you will enjoy it as much as I did. Rakesh is going to be promoting the book on Seth Meyers on Friday, so get in on the ground floor before everyone else is talking about it!

Per the description at Amazon:

In a suburb outside Cleveland, a community of Indian Americans has settled into lives that straddle the divide between Eastern and Western cultures. For some, America is a bewildering and alienating place where coworkers can’t pronounce your name but will eagerly repeat the Sanskrit phrases from their yoga class. Harit, a lonely Indian immigrant in his mid forties, lives with his mother who can no longer function after the death of Harit’s sister, Swati. In a misguided attempt to keep both himself and his mother sane, Harit has taken to dressing up in a sari every night to pass himself off as his sister. Meanwhile, Ranjana, also an Indian immigrant in her mid forties, has just seen her only child, Prashant, off to college. Worried that her husband has begun an affair, she seeks solace by writing paranormal romances in secret. When Harit and Ranjana’s paths cross, they begin a strange yet necessary friendship that brings to light their own passions and fears.

THE TASK: We have five copies to give away today! I’ll be choosing our winners at random, but please keep it fun by commenting and telling what your own favorite fictional friendship is.

THE RULES: All entries must be posted in the comments of this post by 9 p.m. Pacific time on Friday.  FYI, if this is the first time you’ve commented here, the system will automatically kick you into comment moderation, but don’t worry, I will rescue you. (Prizing courtesy of the publisher. Open to residents of the United States only. Thank you!)

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