The Museum of Failures: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar holiday She can’t help but worry

She can’t help but worry

all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there—and whether she hopes he will be

Evie wonders exactly how she ended up in a life that couldn’t be further from the one she dreamed of

stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls

As a performance artist

The Museum of Failures: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar holiday She can’t help but worryWhen Remy Wadia left India for the United States, he carried his resentment of his cold and inscrutable mother with him and has kept his distance from her. Years later, he returns to Bombay, planning to adopt a baby from a young pregnant girland to see his elderly mother again before it is too late. She is in the hospital, has stopped talking, and seems to have given up on life. Struck with guilt for not realizing just how ill she had become, Remy