Thrity Umrigar, acclaimed author of The Space Between Us and The Weight of Heaven, returns with a breathtaking new novel—a skillfully wrought, emotionally resonant story of four women and the indelible friendship they share. Fans of Jennifer Haigh’s Faith, Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies, and Katrina Kittle’s The Kindness of Strangers will be captivated by Umrigar’s The World We Found—a moving story of bottled secrets, unfulfilled dreams, and the acceptance that can still lead to redemption, from a writer whom the New York Times calls “perceptive and often piercing.”
About the Author :
Thrity Umrigar is the author of seven novels - Everybody's Son, The Story Hour, The World We Found, The Weight of Heaven, The Space Between Us, If Today Be Sweet, and Bombay Time - and the memoir First Darling of the Morning. A journalist for almost twenty years, she is the winner of the Nieman Fellowship to Harvard and 2006 finalist for the PEN/Beyond Margins Award. An associate professor of English at Case Western Reserve University, Umrigar lives in Cleveland.
Review :
"Luminous. . . . Wise and absorbing, Umrigar's novel has the rich, chaotic vibrancy of a Mumbai marketplace." - People
"A master storyteller. . . . Umrigar creates characters that are fully rounded, characters with shades of grey. She puts them in positions where making the 'right' decision is often ambiguous; where the right decision feels and handles like the wrong one." - Hyphen
"Umrigar renders a vivid portrait of modern-day India as she meditates upon the power of friendship, loyalty, and love. Like her previous works, The World We Found is eloquent and evocative, bitter and sweet." - Booklist (starred review)
"A storyteller through and through, Umrigar ensures that her characters face up to the costs and consequences created by their choices, right or wrong, principled or unprincipled." - Washington Post
"There's ample discussion to be had here on the topics of family, friendship, religion and marriage. Umrigar is a lively storyteller. The women are sympathetic characters, their relationships fully realized and deeply felt. . . . Umrigar's evocative world is one worth finding, indeed." - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Asparkling and sharp slice of life." - Nina Sankovitch, Huffington Post
"The World We Found is stunning in its credibility and nuance. . . . This is a novel that rewards reading, and even re-reading. The World We Found is a powerful meditation." - Boston Globe
"Umrigar's novel is both political and deeply personal. She is masterly at exploring the large societal tension of modern-day India through the lens of each woman's life. . . . Umrigar is a generous writer." - Oregonian
"There's ample discussion to be had here on the topics of family, friendship, religion and marriage. Umrigar is a lively storyteller. The women are sympathetic characters, their relationships fully realized and deeply felt. . . . Umrigar's evocative world is one worth finding, indeed." - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Absorbing. . . . A rewarding novel." - Publishers Weekly
"The World We Found is absorbing and resonant." - Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Umrigar understands the universality of the human experience, and especially family life." - Richmond Times-Dispatch
"[Umrigar] displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with life-like emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks." - Washington Post Book World
"A highly skilled storyteller." - Time Out New York
