Knox County Tennessee

Indya Kincannon, Chairperson of the Knox County Board of Education, has kicked off the Summer Reading Challenge with Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth.  In this follow-up to Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake, the gulf that separates expatriate Bengali parents from their American-raised children remains Jhumpa Lahiri's subject for Unaccustomed Earth.  In this set of eight stories, Lahiri's communicates the familiar family struggles with exile, identity, disappointment and maturation as seen through the eyes of two Bengali families in America.  Unaccustomed Earth, the title story, dramatizes the divide between immigrant parents and their American-raised children.  For some interesting insights into common family struggles that know no geographical borders, pick up Unaccustomed Earth.  Are you reading this?   Log onto Knox County Happenings Knox County Happenings to let us know what you think of this book or the one you are reading!