![]() The idea of arranged marriage is a tough one to broach in fiction - and not just the young adult kind - for fear of villainizing characters with more conservative beliefs. Instead, the novel focuses on what it means to be young, fall in love, and follow your dreams. Neither one is looking to fully define their identities - an important journey but one that can often be the focus of coming-of-age tales. But it is as each teenager tries to navigate this, along with what they want for themselves and each other, that both characters become fully realized. Dimple bristles against her mother’s more traditional desires for her (marriage, grandchildren, etc.), while Rishi remains devoted to his parents’ similar hopes and dreams for him (an engineering degree, marriage, etc.). Dimple and Rishi offer two different lenses through which to view the second-generation Indian American experience. ![]()
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