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    The Windfall: A Novel
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    The Windfall: A Novel
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    The Windfall: A Novel

    Written by Diksha Basu

    Narrated by Soneela Nankani

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A People Pick
    Entertainment Weekly's Must-List
    A TIME Magazine Pick
    Rolling Stone's Culture Index Pick

    "[A] charming satire…What Kevin Kwan did for rich people problems, Diksha Basu does for trying-to-be-rich-people problems." —People

    A heartfelt comedy of manners, Diksha Basu's debut novel unfolds the story of a family discovering what it means to "make it" in modern India.
     
    For the past thirty years, Mr. and Mrs. Jha's lives have been defined by cramped spaces, cut corners, gossipy neighbors, and the small dramas of stolen yoga pants and stale marriages. They thought they'd settled comfortably into their golden years, pleased with their son's acceptance into an American business school. But then Mr. Jha comes into an enormous and unexpected sum of money, and moves his wife from their housing complex in East Delhi to the super-rich side of town, where he becomes eager to fit in as a man of status: skinny ties, hired guards, shoe-polishing machines, and all.
     
    The move sets off a chain of events that rock their neighbors, their marriage, and their son, who is struggling to keep a lid on his romantic dilemmas and slipping grades, and brings unintended consequences, ultimately forcing the Jha family to reckon with what really matters. Hilarious and wise, The Windfall illuminates with warmth and charm the precariousness of social status, the fragility of pride, and, above all, the human drive to build and share a home. Even the rich, it turns out, need to belong somewhere.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 27, 2017
    ISBN9781524774103
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    • 3/5
      I loved getting to know the characters in this novel, however I thought the storyline was anticlimactic. When it ended I was surprised and had to check a few times to confirm that it was over! On a side note, the reader was the best I’ve heard! She has amazing accents and different voices that seemed to match the characters perfectly. Great work!
    • 5/5
      The characters were well developed and easy to relate to. The storyline was comedic. Nice