2024 - Honor
In this tender and evocative novel about love, hope, familial devotion, betrayal, and sacrifice, Thrity Umrigar shows us two courageous women trying to navigate how to be true to their homelands and themselves at the same time.
Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena—a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man—Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one’s own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita’s own past. While Meena’s fate hangs in the balance, Smita tries in every way she can to right the scales. She also finds herself increasingly drawn to Mohan, an Indian man she meets while on assignment. But the dual love stories of Honor are as different as the cultures of Meena and Smita themselves: Smita realizes she has the freedom to enter into a casual affair, knowing she can decide later how much it means to her.
This presentation traces the remarkable transformations that have occurred in India's politics and society in the eight decades since independence.
Join us at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center for a delicious Indian-themed lunch and book discussion of Honor by Thrity Umrigar.
Join us for a Lake Oswego Reads party celebrating elements of Honor by Thrity Umrigar. Enjoy Indian dance performances directed by choreographer, arts advocate, and former Creative Laureate of Portland, Subashini Ganesan-Forbes.
Author, Sindya Bhanoo will discuss and share selections from her award-winning collection of short stories, Seeking Fortune Elsewhere.
Please join the Lakewood Center Associates for a book discussion of Lake Oswego Reads 2024 selection, Honor by Thrity Umrigar, led by LOPL librarian April Younglove. The meeting will begin at 10am and be followed by a book discussion and lunch.
The Lake Oswego Public Library invites teens to read diversely and meet on the Third Thursday of every month for snacks and a lively book discussion.
Join us for another night of virtual trivia with Lake Oswego Reads content! Jamie and Carissa will be your hosts.
Enjoy Indian cuisine created by The Springs at Lake Oswego’s own Chef and then engage in a robust discussion of Honor with the resident book club. This event is free to the public, but reservations for non-Springs residents are required.
Jayanthi Raman has been a practitioner, teacher and choreographer of the classical Indian Bharatha Natyam dance for more than 4 decades. Bharatha Natyam has its roots in the 2nd century and is the most revered of classical dance styles in India.
What does India, now the most populated nation on earth, have to teach the world about developing for a sustainable future? Meera Subramanian went to her father's land of India to find out and returned with intimate stories of life, loss and survival in a country under transformation. Join her as she shares findings and photographs from her book, A River Runs Again: India's Natural World in Crisis, which frames five environmental challenges around the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether.
Through the reading and discussion of acclaimed works of fact and fiction, we seek greater appreciation of the rich diversity of life, to build understanding, empathy, and connection in our world.
Our April selection is Honor by Thrity Umrigar
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