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A review by sbn42
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian
3.0
This was an interesting look into the process of integrating into American culture from and Indian perspective. There is also a lot of effort that goes into maintaining your own culture.
Gold is the main character in the story. We travel from ancient India and China where gold was consumed to prolong and enhance life, to the Middle Ages where alchemists tried to turn lead into gold, to the gold rushes in the US in the 1820-1850s, and finally where current Indian immigrants were using stolen gold to subsume the traits of the gold's owners.
A fictional story within the story about a Bombayan was fun to watch develop. A mysterious older gentleman ran into Neil while he was doing research for his high school debate and spoke of a "Hindoo" that was caught stealing gold in California during the 1850.
Otherwise, Neil was a woe-is-me teen that disappointed his parents, girlfriends, college advisors and everyone else. Not a bad read, but he was just too depressing to lead the tale.
Gold is the main character in the story. We travel from ancient India and China where gold was consumed to prolong and enhance life, to the Middle Ages where alchemists tried to turn lead into gold, to the gold rushes in the US in the 1820-1850s, and finally where current Indian immigrants were using stolen gold to subsume the traits of the gold's owners.
A fictional story within the story about a Bombayan was fun to watch develop. A mysterious older gentleman ran into Neil while he was doing research for his high school debate and spoke of a "Hindoo" that was caught stealing gold in California during the 1850.
Otherwise, Neil was a woe-is-me teen that disappointed his parents, girlfriends, college advisors and everyone else. Not a bad read, but he was just too depressing to lead the tale.