Born Confused

Tanuja Desai Hidier's Fantastically Acclaimed Cross-cultural Debut Comes To Push! Dimple Lala Doesn't Know What To Think. Her Parents Are From India, And She's Spent Her Whole Life Resisting Their Traditions. Then Suddenly She Gets To High School And Everything Indian Is Trendy. To Make Matters Worse, Her Parents Arrange For Her To Meet A Suitable Boy. Of Course It Doesn't Go Well -- Until Dimple Goes To A Club And Finds Him Spinning A Magical Web . Suddenly The Suitable Boy Is Suitable Because Of His Sheer Unsuitability. Complications Ensue. This Is A Funny, Thoughtful Story About Finding Your Heart, Finding Your Culture, And Finding Your Place In America. Author Bio Tanuja Desai Hidier Is The Critically Acclaimed Author Of The Groundbreaking Novels Bombay Blues And Born Confused, Which Was Named An Ala Best Book For Young Adults And Hailed By Entertainment Weekly And Rolling Stone As One Of The Best Ya Novels Of All Time. Born And Raised In The Usa, Tanuja Is A Writer/singer-songwriter Now Based In London. For More About Born Confused And Bombay Blues, As Well As Her “booktrack” Albums Of Original Songs To Accompany Them, Please Visit Www.thisistanuja.com. Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, as she sees her hypnotically beautiful, manipulative best friend taking possession of both her heritage and the boy she likes. Seventeen-year old Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans. She sees her hypnotically beautiful, manipulative best friend take possession of both her heritage and the boy she likes