โข Welcome to the First Class India USA Destination Vacation Tour Companyโข
โข One fixed itinerary, one fixed priceโข
โข All levels catered forโข
โข No refundsโข
Beginner
Recently widowed Pival Sengupta has never travelled alone before and her first trip to this strange country masks a secret agenda: to find out the truth about her long-estranged son.
Intermediate
Satya, her guileless and resourceful tour guide, has been in America for less than a year โ and has never actually left the five boroughs of New York.
Advanced
An aspiring/failing actress, Rebecca signed up for the role of Pivalโs modesty companion; it might not be her big break but surely itโll break her out of the rut sheโs stuck in.
As their preconceptions about each other and about America are challenged, with a little beginnerโs luck, these unlikely companions might learn how to live again.
A big-hearted, hilarious tale of forgiveness, hope, and acceptance, reminding us that there is no roadmap to life.
Leah Franqui is a graduate of Yale University. She is a playwright and the recipient of the 2013 Goldberg Playwriting Award. A Puerto Rican-Jewish Philadelphia native, Leah lives with her Kolkata-born husband in Mumbai. America for Beginners is her first novel.