โCharming . . . What Kevin Kwan did for rich-people problems, Diksha Basu does for trying-to-be-rich-people problems.โโPeople
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The Jhas are moving up. For the past thirty years, theirย lives have been defined by cramped spaces and gossipy neighbors. But when Mr.ย Jhaย comes into an enormous sum of moneyโthe result of an unexpectedly successful internet ventureโhe moves his reluctant wife from their housing complex in East Delhi to the super-rich side of town,ย ultimatelyย forcing them, and their son, to reckon with who they are and what really matters to them.ย Hilarious and wise,ย The Windfall illuminates with warmth and heart the precariousness of social status, the fragility of pride, and, above all, the human drive to build and share a home. Even the rich, it turns out, need to belong somewhere.
Praise for The Windfall
โA delightful comedy of errors.โโNPR, Weekend Edition
โUltra-charming.โโVogue
โI almost fell out of bed laughing.โโKevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asiansย
โA fun and heartfelt comedy of manners.โโRolling Stone
โThough money doesnโt necessarily buy the Jhas happiness, it delivers readers plenty of laughs and more.โโEsquireย
โEndearing, astute.โโChristian Science Monitor