Same Sun Here In this extraordinary novel in two voices an Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner s son find strength and perspective by sharing their true selves across the miles Meena a

In this extraordinary novel in two voices, an Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner s son find strength and perspective by sharing their true selves across the miles.Meena and River have a lot in common fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them, and faithful dogs But Meena is an Indian immiIn this extraordinary novel in two voices, an Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner s son find strength and perspective by sharing their true selves across the miles.Meena and River have a lot in common fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them, and faithful dogs But Meena is an Indian immigrant girl living in New York City s Chinatown, while River is a Kentucky coal miner s son As Meena s family studies for citizenship exams and River s town faces devastating mountaintop removal, this unlikely pair become pen pals, sharing thoughts and, as their camaraderie deepens, discovering common ground in their disparate experiences With honesty and humor, Meena and River bridge the miles between them, creating a friendship that inspires bravery and defeats cultural misconceptions Narrated in two voices, each voice distinctly articulated by a separate gifted author, this chronicle of two lives powerfully conveys the great value of being and having a friend and the joys of opening our lives to others who live beneath the same sun.
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Free Read [Mystery Book] ☆ Same Sun Here - by Silas House Neela Vaswani ✓
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Title: Free Read [Mystery Book] ☆ Same Sun Here - by Silas House Neela Vaswani ✓
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About " Silas House Neela Vaswani "
Silas House Neela Vaswani
Silas House is the nationally bestselling author of five novels Clay s Quilt, 2001 A Parchment of Leaves, 2003 The Coal Tattoo, 2005 Eli the Good, 2009 and Same Sun Here co authored with Neela Vaswani 2012 as well as a book of creative nonfiction Something s Rising, co authored with Jason Howard, 2009 and three plays The Hurting Part 2005 , This Is My Heart for You 2012 , and In These Fields, with Sam Gleaves, 2016 His work frequently appears in The New York Times and Salon He is former commentator for NPR s All Things Considered His writing has appeared in Oxford American, Narrative, Blackbird, Newsday, as well as in anthologies such as Best Food Writing, 2015 and New Stories From the South, The Year s Best 2004 House serves on the fiction faculty at the Spalding MFA in Creative Writing and as the NEH Chair at Berea College As a music writer House has worked for and with artists such as Lee Ann Womack, Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams, Jason Isbell, The Judds, Jim James, and many others He is the recipient of three honorary doctorates and is the winner of the Nautilus Award, an EB White Award, the Appalachian Book of the Year, the Jesse Stuart Award, the Lee Smith Award, and many other honors.