Same Sun Here by Silas House

Same Sun Here by Silas House

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Same Sun Here by Silas House

"Even better than reading a refreshingly honest story by one talented writer is reading one by two such writers." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Pen pals Meena and River have a lot in common: fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them, and faithful dogs. But Meena is an Indian immigrant girl living in New York City's Chinatown, while River is a Kentucky coal miner's son. With honesty and humor, Meena and River (each voice distinctly articulated by a separate gifted author) bridge the miles between them, creating a friendship that inspires bravery and defeats cultural misconceptions.

Where the Long Grass Bends (Sarabande, 2004) is Vaswani's first novel. In 2006, he was awarded an O. She is a Ph.D. winner of the Henry Prize. University of Maryland, with a degree in American Cultural Studies. She teaches at Spalding University's brief-residency MFA program in New York. Vaswani is the founder of the Storylines Project, an education activist in both India and the United States.

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ISBN 13 9780763664510
ISBN 10 0763664510
Title Same Sun Here
Author Silas House
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.
Year published 2013-08-06
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.