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The Book Report: Reviews from Washington Post critic Ron Charles (May 9)
By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles
With summer on the horizon, you may be looking for a new book to savor over vacation. Here are just a few you might enjoy: Penguin Gold Diggers (Penguin), a debut novel by Sanjena Sathian, has already been picked up by Mindy Kaling for an upcoming TV series. This effervescent social satire is about the children of Indian immigrants who are determined to succeed in America while honoring their parents culture.
The narrator is a high school boy who discovers that the Indian American girl next door has figured out a magical way to melt down gold jewelry and drink it to ingest all the dreams and hopes invested in that shiny bling.