I love the way Jhumpa Lahiri writes, and I love that I can get insight into the immigrant experience when I read her wonderful stories.
In "Unaccustomed Earth," she presents eight stories of Indian families, all of them different. But, of course, the people are just like any other people and the families have the same joys and problems.
The title story about a man who connects with his daughter and grandson through gardening was especially touching.
The last three stories follow two people over a period of 30 years. As the last story, "Going Ashore," develops, you can guess at the ending; it's eerie. So too, is "Only Goodness," about a woman who has been taking care of her brother all her life. Lahiri builds the suspense. You want to believe everything will be OK with the brother and sister, but you can guess it won't be.
Lahiri also wrote "The Namesake," an excellent novel and a great movie. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her first book of stories, "Interpreter of Maladies."
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