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“Powerful....Twisty,brimmingwithdarkhumorandkeenmoralinsight,TheWeightofHeavenpacksawalloponbothaliteraryandemotionallevel....Umrigar...isadescriptivemaster.”—ChristianScienceMonitorFromThrityUmrigar,bestsellingauthorofTheSpaceBetweenUs,comesTheWeightofHeaven.IntherichtraditionoftheacclaimedworksofIndianwriterssuchasRohintonMistry,AkhilSharma,IndraSinha,andJhumpaLahiri,TheWeightofHeavenisanemotionallychargedstoryaboutunexpecteddeath,unhealedwounds,andthepriceonefatherwillpaytoprotecthimselffrompainandloss.Additionally,itoffersuniqueperspectives,bothIndianandAmerican,onthefragmentednatureofglobalizedIndia.WhenFrankandEllieBentonlosetheironlychild,seven-year-oldBenny,toasuddenillness,theperfectlifetheyhadbuiltisshattered.Filledwithwrenchingmemories,theirAnnArborhomebecomesunbearable,andtheirmarriagefounders.ThenanunexpectedjobhalfaworldawayinGirbaug,India,offersthemanopportunitytostartagain.ButFrank'sbefriendingofRamesh—abright,curiousboywhoquicklybecomesthefocusofhisattentions—willleadthegrievingmandownanever-darkeningpathwithstarkrepercussions.Adevastatinglookatculturalclashesanddivides,ThrityUmrigar'sTheWeightofHeavenisarareglimpseofafamilyandacountrystrugglingunderpressuresbeyondtheircontrol.