The ten stories in this collection, named for the Los Angeles street known as Little India, are about the merging of worlds. Set against the backdrop of a recession, the sense of being overstretched pervades these narratives. The central female characters, especially, must seek fresh resources even as they've had to acquire new definitions for home.
Farcical and somber, wry and tender, these stories invite us into the chaotic, comic world of the pioneer, where habits of thinking and speaking and relating are constantly in flux. This commemorative tenth-anniversary edition includes a bonus Q&A section with book insights and writing tips.