Thrity Umrigar

Join Cindi and discuss books from a variety of genres at 7 pm, the first Monday of each month. Authors DO NOT Attend.

Mon, Mar 4, 7pm

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

Set in modern-day India, it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of her abusive marriage, and Bhima, a stoic illiterate hardened by a life of despair and loss, who has worked in the Dubash household for more than twenty years.

Location: Street: 1200 11th St City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98225-7015 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Description: Everyone is welcome to join us to discuss the books the members have chosen to read. Please read the scheduled book before the meeting so that you can join in our discussion. We meet on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM in the auditorium of the Preston Royal Library in association with the Hillcrest Forest Neighborhood Association. The book for October is The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar. Visit the Hillcrest Forest Neighborhood Association Website at hillcrestforest.org for more information about the book club contract the Preston Royal Library at 214-670-7128.

Location: Auditorium
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PAGETURNERS BOOK GROUP

Anderson’s welcomes the Pageturners Book Group, a club that focuses on non-fiction books. This month’s title is Thrity Umrigar’s First Darling of the Morning. Please read the book, and join our lively discussion. New members are invited to participate, but are asked to please call and register: (630) 355-2665. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 at 9:30 a.m. Anderson’s Two-Doors East

Location: Street: Anderson's Two-Doors East Additional: 111 W Jefferson Ave City: Naperville, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60540 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Thrity Umrigar reads from The Weight of Heaven, The Space Between Us.

Friday, September 23, 7pm at Revolution Books Opening Night Reading featuring authors Thrity Umrigar (The Weight of Heaven, The Space Between Us) and Tahmima Anam (A Golden Age, The Good Muslim) - Tickets on sale From the Middle East to the Midwest, revolution is spreading. Women have joined radicals in solidarity, even as their own rights come under fire by conservative elements. Some of these women are able to tell their stories from Madison, Sanaa, and Tahrir Square. Others are silenced, devalued, or (in the infamous case of a blogger in Syria) invented. Fact or fiction, real or imagined, told from the inside or the outside, narratives provoke, explore, critique, and—in some cases—prevent revolution. This literary festival is an exploration of the role of stories in political change. For details, visit http://www.sawcc.org/openfire/ (NY-Yipz)… (more)

Thrity Umrigar reads from The Weight of Heaven.

Thrity Umrigar brings the scent of spices and the vibrant Indian culture to life in her latest book, The Weight of Heaven. This emotionally charged story of a couple, who travels from the United States to India after the loss of their son, captures the hardship of their transition and the hope for enlightenment. Umrigar is the author of three other novels, and a memoir. She is an associate professor of English at Case Western Reserve University. (thurberhouse)… (more)

Thrity Umrigar reads from The Weight of Heaven.

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 5, 7:00 p.m. Event: Thrity Umrigar will read from and sign her new novel, The Weight of Heaven, an Odyssey Bookshop First Edition Club Selection. When Frank and Ellie Benton lose their only child, seven-year-old Benny, to a sudden illness, the perfect life they had built is shattered. Filled with wrenching memories, their Ann Arbor home becomes unbearable, and their marriage founders. But an unexpected job half a world away offers them an opportunity to start again. Life in Girbaug, India, holds promise—and peril—when Frank befriends Ramesh, a bright, curious boy who quickly becomes the focus of the grieving man’s attentions. Haunted by memories of his dead son, Frank is consumed with making his family right—a quest that will lead him down an ever-darkening path with stark repercussions. Filled with satisfyingly real characters and glowing with local color, The Weight of Heaven is a rare glimpse of a family and a country struggling under pressures beyond their control. In a devastating look at cultural clashes and divides, Umrigar illuminates how slowly we recover from unforgettable loss, how easily good intentions can turn evil, and how far a person will go to build a new world for those he loves. “The Weight of Heaven is a bold, beautifully rendered tale of cultures that clash and coalesce.” — Booklist (OdysseyBookshop)… (more)