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Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion

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Author: Piyali Bhattacharya (Editor)
ISBN: 9781879960923
Publisher: Aunt Lute Books
Year: 2016
Format: Paperback
​Condition: New
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About the Book:

Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion, edited by Piyali Bhattacharya, is the first anthology to examine the multiple facets of daughterhood in South Asian American families.

The voices in this volume reveal how a Good Girl is trained to seamlessly blend professional success with the maintenance and reproduction of her family’s cultural heritage. Her gratitude for her immigrant parents’ sacrifices creates intense pressure to perform and embody the role of the “perfect daughter.” Yet, the demand for such perfection can stifle desire, curb curiosity, and make it fraught for a Good Girl to construct her own identity in the face of stern parental opinion. Of course, this is not always the case. Certain stories in this collection uncover relationships between parents and daughters that are open and supportive while also being exacting. Many of the essays, however, dig into difficult truths about what it is to be a young woman in a world of overbearing cultural expectation.
Good Girls Marry Doctors is filled with honest stories, difficult and joyous, heartbreaking and hilarious, from a diverse array of powerful women. These narratives combine to expose struggles that are too often hidden from the public eye, while reminding those going through similar experiences that they are heard, and they are not alone.
About the Author:
Piyali Bhattacharya is a writer, editor, and writing instructor based in Nashville, TN where she is Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and many others. She is the editor of the anthology Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion, which was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and is currently working on her first novel, an excerpt from which won the 2015 Peter Straub Award for Fiction. 

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Reviews:
“There’s a point in the life of a ‘good Asian’ when you realize that being ‘good’ is not enough. Not enough to keep others happy, and certainly not enough to be happy yourself. Good Girls Marry Doctors celebrates and affirms our very imperfect inner lives. These are the stories we need to get free.”
–Jenny Yang, Stand-up Comedian; Producer of Disoriented Comedy and The Comedy Comedy Festival

​“I saw my life and self in so many of these wonderful essays by South Asian women. It takes such courage to expose our families, with all their flaws and gifts alike, as we make our way through a nation that can be so ambivalent about our presence. This is a groundbreaking yet accessible book, and a worthy read for South Asian American women, and for anyone who loves us.”
–Rinku Sen, Executive Director of Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Publisher of Colorlines

“Heartfelt, introspective, and occasionally hilarious, these essays offer a wink and an escape route for women who are destined to be so much more than ‘good girls.'”
–Mira Jacob, Author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, shortlisted for India’s Tata First Literature Award
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