What a Happy Family

By: Saumya Dave

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Synopsis: "A full, big hearted novel.&”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the SixNestled in the suburbs of Atlanta, a family learns the funniest punchlines can hide the hardest truths in this evocative women&’s fiction novel from the author of Well-Behaved Indian Women From the outside, the Joshi family is the quintessential Indian-American family. Decades ago, Bina and Deepak immigrated to America, where she became a pillar of their local Indian community and he, a successful psychiatrist. Their eldest daughter, Suhani, is following the footsteps of her father&’s career and happily married. Natasha, their middle daughter, is about to become engaged to the son of longtime family friends. And Anuj, their son—well he&’s a son and what could be better than that? But a family scandal shows that nothing is as it seems. Bina&’s oldest friendship starts to unravel and she finds herself as an outsider in the community she helped build. Suhani discovers that her perfect marriage isn&’t as solid as she thought. Natasha faces a series of rejections that send her into a downward spiral. As they encounter public humiliation, gossiping aunties, and self-doubt, the Joshi family must rely on each other like never before. But sometimes, family has to fall apart in order to come back stronger than before.