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Our Best Intentions: A Novel (édition 2023)

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A suspenseful drama about an immigrant family caught in a criminal investigation, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You.

"Our Best Intentions is a thoughtful, gripping suspense that shakes up definitions of family and identity in a beautiful and refreshing way!" â??Kal Penn, actor and national bestselling author of You Can't Be Serious

"With subtlety, humor and piercing insight, Vibhuti Jain creates a propulsive page-turner that will touch your heart. A must-read!" â??Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee

Babur "Bobby" Singh, single parent and owner of fledging Uber business "Move with Bobby," remains ever hopeful about ascending the ladder of American success. He lives in an affluent suburb of New York with his daughter Angie, an introverted teenager who is uncomfortable in her own skin unless she's swimming.

During summer break, Angie is walking home after training at the high school pool when she finds Henry McCleary, a classmate from a wealthy, prominent family, stabbed and bleeding on the football field. The police immediately focus their investigation on Chiara Thompkins, a runaway Black girl who disappears after the stabbing andâ??it's later discoveredâ??wasn't properly enrolled in the public high school.

The incident sends shock waves through the community and reveals jarring truths about the lengths to which families will go to protect themselves. As the town fractures, Angie must navigate conflicting narratives and wrestle with her own moral culpability. Meanwhile, Babur's painstaking efforts to shield Angie and protect his hard-earned efforts to assimilate overshadow his ability to see right from wrong.

Alternating between multiple perspectives, Our Best Intentions is a pulsating story about a father and daughter re-examining their familial bonds and place in the community. Both a gripping page-turner and an intimate portrait of an immigrant family, Vibhuti Jain's provocative debut explores how easily friendships, careers, communities, and individual lives can unravel when the toxicity of privilege and racial bias are e… (plus d'informations)

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Titre:Our Best Intentions: A Novel
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There were a lot of themes packed into this novel and I felt each one was portrayed believably. I appreciated that the ending didn't tie everything up neatly. Again, that felt real to me. Jain showed how hard it is to be accepted in a town where you fall outside of the norm. ( )
  ccayne | May 19, 2024 |
Angie Singh is an athlete, swimming at the high school over summer break. On her way home, she finds the body of Henry McCleary, a wealthy white boy and the brother of her friend. Henry has been stabbed. Angie is the daughter of Babur Singh, an Indian immigrant. Angie had been asked to tutor Chiara, a black girl, in swimming. Chiara is the person who stabbed Henry after an incident. Henry is going to be fine, but the McClearys want to sue, especially after finding that Chiara was homeless and improperly registered at the school.
This is a look at class in the US, and how people are treated based on their skin color and their social and economic status. It is a story of love between a father and daughter and how they navigate the biases. Well done. ( )
  rmarcin | May 11, 2024 |
Debut author Vibhuti Jain weaves an interesting story in order to explore themes of race and privilege in Our Best Intentions. An altercation among students outside of a wealthy suburban high school in the last week of summer leaves one of them stabbed in the stomach and the alleged perpetrator missing. Told in an omniscient third-person voice, the story follows many of the characters but mainly focuses on Angie Singh who found the victim and called 911. As she struggles to figure out what actually happened, her own feelings and family issues compound the problem. The novel gets bogged down a bit in internal musings and could have used some editing, but overall a decent story that examines a complicated situation with a fresh point of view. ( )
  Hccpsk | Mar 17, 2023 |
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A suspenseful drama about an immigrant family caught in a criminal investigation, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You.

"Our Best Intentions is a thoughtful, gripping suspense that shakes up definitions of family and identity in a beautiful and refreshing way!" â??Kal Penn, actor and national bestselling author of You Can't Be Serious

"With subtlety, humor and piercing insight, Vibhuti Jain creates a propulsive page-turner that will touch your heart. A must-read!" â??Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee

Babur "Bobby" Singh, single parent and owner of fledging Uber business "Move with Bobby," remains ever hopeful about ascending the ladder of American success. He lives in an affluent suburb of New York with his daughter Angie, an introverted teenager who is uncomfortable in her own skin unless she's swimming.

During summer break, Angie is walking home after training at the high school pool when she finds Henry McCleary, a classmate from a wealthy, prominent family, stabbed and bleeding on the football field. The police immediately focus their investigation on Chiara Thompkins, a runaway Black girl who disappears after the stabbing andâ??it's later discoveredâ??wasn't properly enrolled in the public high school.

The incident sends shock waves through the community and reveals jarring truths about the lengths to which families will go to protect themselves. As the town fractures, Angie must navigate conflicting narratives and wrestle with her own moral culpability. Meanwhile, Babur's painstaking efforts to shield Angie and protect his hard-earned efforts to assimilate overshadow his ability to see right from wrong.

Alternating between multiple perspectives, Our Best Intentions is a pulsating story about a father and daughter re-examining their familial bonds and place in the community. Both a gripping page-turner and an intimate portrait of an immigrant family, Vibhuti Jain's provocative debut explores how easily friendships, careers, communities, and individual lives can unravel when the toxicity of privilege and racial bias are e

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