You Bring the Distant Near

You Bring the Distant Near - Mitali Perkins 

Teens  >  Ages 11-13
You Bring the Distant Near
Written by: Mitali Perkins
Narrated by: Sneha Mathan, Shivali Bhammer, Priya Ayyar, full cast
Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins 
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:09-12-17
Publisher: Listening Library

Longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Young People's Literature 
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Publisher's Summary
This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture - for better or worse.
From a grandmother worried that her children are losing their Indian identity, to a daughter wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair, to a granddaughter social activist fighting to preserve Bengali tigers, Perkins weaves together the threads of a family growing into an American identity.
Here is a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely new.