Gold Diggers - Sanjena Sathian
Category: General Fiction
Narrator: Rama Vallury
Tags: General Fiction, Novel, Contemporary, Adults
One of The Washington Posts 10 Best Books of 2021 * One of NPRs Best Books of 2021 * New York Times Book Review Editors Choice * Long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Dizzyingly original, fiercely funny, deeply wise. (Celeste Ng, number one best-selling author of Little Fires Everywhere), Sanjena Sathians Gold Diggers is a work of 24-karat genius. (Ron Charles, The Washington Post), How far would you go for a piece of the American dream?, A magical realist coming-of-age story, Gold Diggers skewers the model minority myth to tell a hilarious and moving story about immigrant identity, community, and the underside of ambition., A floundering second-generation teenager growing up in the Bush-era Atlanta suburbs, Neil Narayan is funny and smart but struggles to bear the weight of expectations of his family and their Asian American enclave. He tries to want their version of success, but mostly, Neil just wants his neighbor across the cul-de-sac, Anita Dayal., When he disc
