Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Family Life: A Novel
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
9 posts | 19 read | 17 to read
Finally joining their father in America, Ajay and Birju enjoy their new, extraordinary life until tragedy strikes, leaving one brother incapacitated and the other practically orphaned in this strange land in the second novel from the author of An Obedient Father. 30,000 first printing.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
blurb
Eggs
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
post image

A story of an Indian family who moves to Brooklyn NY; a coming-of-Age novel with irony, humor, and tragedy

78 likes5 stack adds
review
Cinfhen
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
post image
Panpan

Airplane read #2 This was gifted to me by my favorite reader/ bailer @shawnmooney (who perhaps even left me some notes in his copy?!?) #onewordonebook DEPRESSING!!! Yikes, this book was so full of misery and tragedy with no redemption or lighter moments of joy! NOTHING!!! I liked the writing initially but even that turned sour...I didn‘t bail but came very close. Thanks though, Shawn. The premise had promise....

Cinfhen Congrats to the beautiful @Cathythoughts who‘s #payingitforward with a generous #giveaway 😘congrats on reaching 30,000 litfluence 🎉🙌🏻🎉 7y
Cathythoughts Thankyou 🙏🏻. & well done! Your name has been written down & scrunched up .... & it‘s in the hat 🎩❤️ 7y
Cinfhen Wish I had a better book & better word but that‘s the way it goes sometimes @Cathythoughts #onebookoneword 😍great idea for a hashtag/giveaway 7y
See All 10 Comments
Bklover Hope you are safely in the US! Love to you and your family! (Especially that amazing daughter that mails lots of goodies for you!)❤️ 7y
Cinfhen Thank you @Bklover 😘😘😘Niki arrives in Miami on Friday...can‘t wait to see her 😍 7y
Reviewsbylola That‘s too bad. 7y
emilyhaldi Yikes 😬 did @shawnmooney bail on this one??? 7y
shawnmooney Ha - no, I picked that book up for you during one of my used book shopping expeditions, so I never even tried it. If you don‘t have another plan for the book, set it aside and let‘s do another book exchange sometime, anytime, and I‘ll take it back from you in exchange for some other stuff. Later this year, 2019, 2020… Any old time! :-) 😍😍❤️❤️ 7y
Cinfhen Oh no @shawnmooney I gave the book to the nice lady on the plane who was continuing on to Honduras 😱 but I‘m happy to do another swap with other books.....😘😘 7y
shawnmooney No worries at all! That sounds great! 7y
116 likes10 comments
blurb
Cinfhen
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
post image

#HappyDance 💃💃💃I feel like @Lizpixie I received TWO lovely #bookmail gifts from the #LittenGods First up my favorite #BookManiac @shawnmooney sent me 3 novels!!!! Two I've been wanting & a surprise third which sounds like something I'm going to LOVE💗💗💗Thank you sooo much for your generosity, Shawn 😘😘😘#LittensAreTheBest

Kalalalatja I have been eyeing this for so long 7y
Kalalalatja And I'm so excited about Elmet as well! Lucky you 💕 7y
batsy Ooooh all are on my TBR, (I know I'm basically saying this in reply to every post on Litsy 😂😂) Lovely! ❤️❤️ 7y
See All 9 Comments
TrishB Lovely 💟great bookmail day 7y
Cinfhen Feeling so lucky @Kalalalatja @batsy @TrishB totally brightened my rainy day❣️❣️❣️❣️ 7y
shawnmooney Woo hoo! Glad they arrived safe and sound! Happy reading, girlfriend! 😻😻 7y
Cinfhen You‘re the best @shawnmooney kisses💋💋💋 7y
TrishB @batsy 😂😂 7y
LeahBergen Awesome! 😍 7y
115 likes1 stack add9 comments
review
RedbagReadbooks
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
post image
Pickpick

3.5/5⭐️. Good quick read. Entertaining and one that can be read in one sitting. I enjoyed his short story collection also.

review
ArielElise
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
Pickpick

This book should be read at breakneck speed in a single sitting. If you need moments of lightness in even short, serious novels, skip this one. It hurts like grief. But if you want to a real story of loss, this is as real as any can feel.

blurb
TheLondonBookworm
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
post image

Spending a relaxing and productive Sunday afternoon tucked away in the underbelly of the Trafalgar Square Waterstones. 😊😊😊

SuperPunkNinja ❤❤❤ 8y
Zelma Sounds like a perfect Sunday! 👍 8y
TheLondonBookworm @McShelfington 😝😝😝☺️☺️☺️ 8y
See All 6 Comments
TheLondonBookworm @Zelma it was pretty sweet! ☺️☺️ 8y
MrBook I've been there 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!!!! 8y
TheLondonBookworm @MrBook Awesome!!! I do love that shop :) great view! 8y
93 likes1 stack add6 comments
blurb
TheLondonBookworm
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
post image

Library Haul for my spring term at University ☺☺ Well except the book of short stories that's just for fun! Hehehe 😍😍

78 likes2 stack adds
blurb
MicheleinPhilly
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
post image

#CurrentlyReading this slim novel about an immigrant family coming to terms with an unspeakable tragedy. #photoadaynov26 The last of my latest library haul. 🙌🏼

29 likes2 stack adds
quote
SavidgeReads
Family Life: A Novel | Akhil Sharma
post image

Enjoying this book but. Pet peeve. You are in a book... Why do narrators do that? Why does it bother me so much?

triskeleseeker Also - snark alert - "one night" and "night sky." Annoyingly redundant. 8y
33 likes2 stack adds1 comment