The Namesake

"The Namesake" is a novel that published in 2003. The author was Jhumpa Lahiri. I really like it so far. So far is about this couple that moved to America from Calcutta. This woman's name is Ashima and she calls her hushand Ashoke. She loves to cook more than anything. But one day it was time for her to have her baby. When she was at the hospital, while she was in labor, she was thinking about what time is it at the country she was from. and she was telling us about how she met her husband Ashoke. Atthe same time she was realizing that she was at an American hosptail and she was feeling left out or different because she was the only Indian person in that hospital. After the birth, she was chatting away with her nurse Patty. patty asked her if she wanted to go for a walk so she would fellbetter. At first she wasn't really into it, but then she took a chance. While they were walking through the hallway, Patty was listening to her stories. At one point her, hushand met a guy who told him that he was to young to be married and he just need to forget everything for once and go travel everywhere. Because of Ashima and Ashoke had an arranged marriage, he was thinking about it, but not until he found out that his wife was pregnant with his child.