Luncheon
Featuring: Thrity Umrigar, Author of The World We Found
College of Saint Mary is pleased to present Thrity Umrigar, author of The World We Found a dazzling masterwork offering an unforgettable portrait of modern India while it explores the enduring bonds of friendship and the power of love to change lives. Thrity Umrigar is also a bestselling author of The Space Between Us and The Weight of Heaven.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
11:30 a.m. - Book signing
12 p.m. - Luncheon
Ticket/Cost: $25
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The World We Found Overview:
As university students in late 1970s Bombay, Armaiti, Laleh, Kavita and Nishta were inseparable. Spirited and unconventional, they challenged authority and fought for a better world. But over the past thirty years, the quartet has drifted apart, the day-to-day demands of work and family tempering the revolutionary fervor they once shared.
Then comes devastating news: Armaiti, who moved to America, is gravely ill and wants to see the old friends she left behind. For Laleh, reunion is a bittersweet reminder of unfulfilled dreams and unspoken guilt. For Kavita, it is an admission of forbidden passion. For Nishta, it is the promise of freedom from a bitter, fundamentalist husband. And for Armaiti, it is an act of acceptance, of letting go on her own terms.