An acclaimed novel by the author of The Mistress of Spices , and Before We Visit the Goddess .
One Amazing Thing is a passionate creation about survival--and about the reasons to survive..
From Chitra Divakaruni, author of such finely wrought, bestselling novels as Sister of My Heart, The Palace of Illusions , and The Mistress of Spices , comes her most compelling and transporting story to date.
And as their surprising stories of romance, marriage, family, political upheaval, and self-discovery unfold against the urgency of their life-or-death circumstances, the novel proves the transcendent power of stories and the meaningfulness of human expression itself.
Then, at a moment when the psychological and emotional stress seems nearly too much for them to bear, the young graduate student suggests that each tell a personal tale, one Amazing Thing from their lives, which they have never told anyone before.
The office begins to flood.
There\'s little food.
When an earthquake rips through the afternoon lull, trapping these nine characters together, their focus first jolts to their collective struggle to survive.
And two visa office workers on the verge of an adulterous affair.
A Chinese grandmother with a secret past.
An African-American ex-soldier searching for redemption.
A graduate student haunted by a question about love.
A young Muslim-American man struggling with the fallout of 9/11.
An upper-class Caucasian couple whose relationship is disintegrating.
A punky teenager with an unexpected gift.
Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but nine people remain.
Late afternoon sun sneaks through the windows of a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city.
Jhumpa Lahiri praises: One Amazing Thing collapses the walls dividing characters and cultures; what endures is a chorus of voices in one single room.
An acclaimed novel by the author of The Mistress of Spices , and Before We Visit the Goddess
