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At The Week magazine Aboulela recommended six books, including:
Read about the other entries on the list.Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai (1999).
In a crumbling leafy bungalow in India, a dutiful daughter is restricted by her bad luck and selfish parents. This is juxtaposed against the culture shock felt by her brother, a student in the U.S. who is staying with a family in which the only daughter has an eating disorder. This is Desai at her most beautiful and insightful.
--Marshal Zeringue