Night Jasmine Tree Audio Book
Bittersweet Stories of an Indian Youth
Publisher Bo-Tree House
[Narrated by virtual voice]
(11 hours and 54 minutes listening length)
Listen to the sample here https://tinyurl.com/27u94yuh
Night Jasmine Tree, a Somerset award-winning contemporary novel, describes the hidden backstory of an Indian man’s immigration to the U.S. The high caste protagonist fell in love with a lower caste girl in college, but she was rejected by his very conservative family. They married, but deep emotional wounds continued to torment him even after they were well settled in the U.S. The past cannot be willed away. Later, the arresting stories of his childhood and youth he innocently tells his American grandchildren, reveal the silent torment and struggles that originated in India. These poignant and heartwarming stories, touching and sublime by themselves, provide the backbone of this novel—the author captures those breathless, quiet moments that make life worth living.
One cannot put down this story of rebellion against conservative caste barriers. Romance, inter-caste marriage, family conflict, sacrifice, loss, and inner suffering in the end lead to the ultimate rise of the innate human heart to overcome all obstacles of familial rejection to love and peace—family love so purely described, it will remind the reader of their own family. A cathartic novel of triumph of the human spirit—moving, realistic, and uplifting.
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You can hear a sample of the Audio Book here: https://tinyurl.com/27u94yuh
