Purchased from a local garage sale for only $1.

I loved the very well written short stories of this book. I enjoyed the sense of remembrance of Boston and Filene's Basement in one of the stories. "When Mr Pirzada came to Dine" was interesting in how it dealt with friendships which arose in the USA which never would have happened in India because of the war leading towards the separation of states. "A Real Dirwan" was sad in that poor old Boori Ma, who was prone to exaggeration was eventually blamed for bad events in the house where she was allowed to sleep for keeping the staircases clean. The story of the name of the book was an interesting insight into people's personalities. The Das family returned to India for a visit and Mrs Das became impressed with their driver when she heard he worked for a doctor interpreting people's illnesses. She told him her life story while her family were tourists and when he gave her advice she did not want to hear, her opinion changed and she dismissed him as nothing.

To the finder of this book -
Lucky You! You have found a travelling book.
If you're new to Bookcrossing, I hope you will take some time to browse through the site as there is plenty to discover in this free and anonymous community.
The idea is to connect people through books and I assure you, it can be fun.

saved the day on a public transport marathon from Melbourne to Sydney; finished it after tram, bus, plane, train, train, bus, train, car trip...

Bit late to add: thanks Megan for registering this book and for the great weekend. This book was released on our Saturday morning stroll and I see it has already been found and read! Hello to windupbirdk