A Good Indian Wife

A Novel

Anne Cherian

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Year: 2009
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9780393068665
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

"An absorbing tale of contrasts…Cherian tells the story with quiet strength." — San Francisco Chronicle

Handsome anesthesiologist Neel is sure he can resist his family's pleas that he marry a "good" Indian girl. With a girlfriend and a career back in San Francisco, the last thing Neel needs is an arranged marriage. But that's precisely what he gets. His bride, Leila, a thirty-year-old teacher, comes with her own complications. They struggle to reconcile their own desires with others' expectations in this story of two people, two countries, and two ways of life that may be more compatible than they seem.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Chapter ONE
• Chapter TWO
• Chapter THREE
• Chapter FOUR
• Chapter FIVE
• Chapter SIX
• Chapter SEVEN
• Chapter EIGHT
• Chapter NINE
• Chapter TEN
• Chapter ELEVEN
• Chapter TWELVE
• Chapter THIRTEEN
• Chapter FOURTEEN
• Chapter FIFTEEN
• Chapter SIXTEEN
• Chapter SEVENTEEN
• Chapter EIGHTEEN
• Chapter NINETEEN
• Chapter TWENTY
• Chapter TWENTY-ONE
• Chapter TWENTY-TWO
• Chapter TWENTY-THREE
• Chapter TWENTY-FOUR
• Chapter TWENTY-FIVE
• Chapter TWENTY-SIX
• Chapter TWENTY-SEVEN
• Chapter TWENTY-EIGHT
• Chapter TWENTY-NINE
• Chapter THIRTY
• Chapter THIRTY-ONE
• Chapter THIRTY-TWO
• Chapter THIRTY-THREE
• Chapter THIRTY-FOUR
• Chapter THIRTY-FIVE
• Chapter THIRTY-SIX
• Chapter THIRTY-SEVEN
• Chapter THIRTY-EIGHT
• Chapter THIRTY-NINE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR