Book description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her astonishing life story into a hilarious memoir, spilling all the chai on her wild ride from escaping an arranged marriage and homelessness in India to carving her own path in America and launching a dazzling second act in midlife.…
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1 author picked This American Woman as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is one of the most remarkable memoirs I’ve ever read.
My parents are immigrants from South Asia, and I thought I’d heard all the stories from them and their friends. But this one is like no other, and it’s so funny and engaging, too. From wealth in Mumbai, to being homeless, to starting life over again in the US, and then rising to comedy stardom.
This book was such a treat to read, and gave me a newfound appreciation of what people go through to make a new home.
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