Finalist in the 2012 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards. Julie Randeria has always worshipped her smart, independent older sister Maya. Life is just more colorful, exciting, and punk rock when she's around. When Julie follows Maya to a community college physics class, she sees her degraded and loses faith in her. Sometimes when you lose a little bit of faith, you start along a path to losing all of your self, too. Alienated both from each other and a society determined to see them as exotic others instead of individuals, each ...
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Finalist in the 2012 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards. Julie Randeria has always worshipped her smart, independent older sister Maya. Life is just more colorful, exciting, and punk rock when she's around. When Julie follows Maya to a community college physics class, she sees her degraded and loses faith in her. Sometimes when you lose a little bit of faith, you start along a path to losing all of your self, too. Alienated both from each other and a society determined to see them as exotic others instead of individuals, each sister strikes out on her own as their family mythology continues to unravel. Lyrical and provocative, "Sparks Off You" is an existential coming of age novel that follows two Indian-American sisters trying to make their own reality in the Bay Area at the dawn of the tech boom.
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Add this copy of Sparks Off You to cart. $47.73, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Hen Flower Press.
