Leaving India

The PEN Award–winning chronicle of the Indian diaspora told through the stories of the author’s own family. In this “rich, entertaining and illuminating story,” Minal Hajratwala mixes history, memoir, and reportage to explore the collisions of choice and history that led her family to emigrate from India ( San Francisco Chronicle ). “Meticulously researched and evocatively written” ( The Washington Post ), Leaving India looks for answers to the eternal questions that faced not only Hajratwala’s