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Auteur(s): Abraham Verghese
Narrateur(s): Fajer Al-Kaisi
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Fate challenges a boy to find his place in the world in a powerful short story from Abraham Verghese, the New York Times bestselling author of The Covenant of Water.

It’s a New Jersey summer in 1967, and thirteen-year-old Ravi Ramanathan has the makings of a tennis prodigy. His surgeon father encourages his ambition, while his mother dreams of their only child following his father’s path. Surrounded by his parents’ love, Ravi chafes a bit at their daily routines and little traditions. Then one unexpected day, everything changes. Realizing how much he took for granted, Ravi must grow up overnight and find a new role in the life of his family.

©2025 by Abraham Verghese. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Anthologies et nouvelles Fiction de genre Récits initiatiques Nouvelle

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"Even though the story is written in the third person, Fajer Al-Kaisi's use of a clear, deep voice for the narrative suggests an adult Ravi who is thinking back on a day in his youth that changed his life. For Ravi's remembered dialogue as a teen, Al-Kaisi uses a voice that is higher and less sure. He renders Tamil phrases naturally alongside American teen slang, reflecting Ravi's own bicultural experience."—AudioFile Magazine
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A lovely short story about Ravi, a thirteen-year-old boy from an Indo-American family. He has a good life with loving parents; his father is a doctor, and his mother an efficient housewife who dotes on both of them. When a family crisis hits, he has to grow up quickly and learn to embrace his parents' culture. The story is well-written and realistic. The audiobook is well narrated.

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