03056cam a2200325 4500 526192576 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062198587 0062198580 B07VK8D7SV Amazon 5f7a865e-2b04-4707-a3ab-3cc36b41bf60 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4857446 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Reddi, Rishi. Passage West [Libby] : A Novel. Ecco, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2132kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p><strong>A Recommended Book from BookRiot,</strong> <strong>Bustle, The Millions and Teen Vogue</strong></p> <p><strong>A Los Angeles Times</strong> <strong>BEST CALIFORNIA BOOK of 2020 *</strong> <strong>A New England Independent Booksellers'</strong> <strong>2020 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FINALIST</strong></p> <p><strong>A sweeping, vibrant first novel following a family of Indian sharecroppers at the onset of World War I, revealing a little-known part of California history</strong><br /></p> <p>1914: Ram Singh arrives in the Imperial Valley on the Mexican border, reluctantly accepting his friend Karak's offer of work and partnership in a small cantaloupe farm. Ram is unmoored; fleeing violence in Oregon, he desperately longs to return to his wife and newborn son in Punjab—but he is duty bound to make his fortune first.</p> <p>In the Valley, American settlement is still new and the rules are ever shifting. Alongside Karak; Jivan and his wife, Kishen; and Amarjeet, a U.S. soldier, Ram struggles to farm in the unforgiving desert. When he meets an alluring woman who has fought in Mexico's revolution, he strives to stay true to his wife. The Valley is full of settlers hailing from other cities and different continents. The stakes are high and times are desperate—just one bad harvest or stolen crop could destabilize a family. And as anti- immigrant sentiment rises among white residents, the tensions of life in the west finally boil over.</p> <p>In her ambitious debut novel, Rishi Reddi, award-winning author of Karma and Other Stories, explores an enduring question: Who is welcome in America? Richly imagined and beautifully rendered, Passage West offers a moving portrait of one man's search for home.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5f7a865e-2b04-4707-a3ab-3cc36b41bf60&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5f7a865e-2b04-4707-a3ab-3cc36b41bf60&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5f7a865e-2b04-4707-a3ab-3cc36b41bf60&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)