EAN: 9780063278783

Bilder-Quelle: discount24.de - Sport-Freizeit

A pulsating debut about an immigrant family that gets caught in the middle of a criminal investigation perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You and Ask Again Yes. Babur ?Bobby? Singh single parent and owner of fledging Uber business ?Move with Bobby ? remains ever hopeful about ascending the ladder of American success. He lives in an affluent suburb of New York with his daughter Angie an introverted teenager who is uncomfortable in her own skin unless she's swimming. During summer break Angie is walking home after training at the high school pool when she finds Henry McCleary a classmate from a wealthy prominent family stabbed and bleeding on the football field. The police immediately focus their investigation on Chiara Thompkins a runaway Black girl who disappears after the stabbing and?it's later discovered?wasn't properly enrolled in the public high school. The incident sends shock waves through the community and reveals jarring truths about the lengths to which families will go to protect themselves. As the town fractures Angie must navigate conflicting narratives and wrestle with her own moral culpability. Meanwhile Babur's painstaking efforts to shield Angie and protect his hard-earned efforts to assimilate overshadow his ability to see right from wrong. Alternating between multiple perspectives Our Best Intentions is a suspenseful drama about a father and daughter re-examining their familial bonds and place in the community. Both a gripping page-turner and an intimate portrait of an immigrant family Vibhuti Jain's provocative debut explores how easily friendships careers communities and individual lives can unravel when the toxicity of privilege and racial bias are exposed.

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