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Library Journal Starred Review – April 15, 2007 --
*Umrigar, Thrity. If Today Be Sweet. Morrow. Jun. 2007. -- If a
theme runs through journalist and best-selling author Umrigar's
latest novel (after The Space Between Us), it would be that the
issues challenging us as individuals are the same catalysts for the
change that we face as a society. Umrigar once again explores the
intimate world of the Indian woman, but this time, the setting is
not Bombay or even India but Cleveland, OH. She tells the poignant
story of Tehmina "Tammy" Sethna, a recent widow divided between the
life she led with her husband in India and her current life in Ohio
with her son and his American wife. What might have been just
another story about widowhood...
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Publishers Weekly – April 9, 2007 -- If Today
Be Sweet, THRITY UMRIGAR. Morrow, $24.95 (336p) ISBN
978-0-06-124023-2 -- In Umrigar’s tender fourth novel, Tehmina
“Tammy” Sethna is torn between two cultures that couldn’t be more
different: Bombay and Cleveland. The former is her homeland, but
after her husband’s recent death, she’s been staying with her son
and his family in America. Tehmina loves being near grandson Cookie,
but she often feels like an intruder in her American
daughter-in-law’s home, and she’s disconcerted by the changes in her
son, Sorab, who is stressed from the corporate rat race. Though
Tehmina’s loneliness floods her with memories of her husband, the
Parsi community back in India and her traditional ways, she finds no
small amount...
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