About the Book: Every Happiness: A Novel
Deepa and Ruchi are 12 years old when they meet at their Catholic school in
India, but their connection is swift and lasting. As the two girls grow up and
face their families expectations and the limits of their ambitions, their
friendship is marked by intimacy, jealousy, and suppressed desire.
When, in their twenties, Deepa marries a doctor and moves from India to the
suburbs of Connecticut, Ruchi quickly finds an engineer bound for the same state
and follows her friend across the world. But life in the United States is
different than either woman expects. Deepas daughter seeks