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The Dream Builders: A Novel Audiobook
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After living in the United States for years, Maneka Roy returns home to India to mourn the loss of her mother and finds herself in a new world.
The booming city of Hrishipur where her father now lives is nothing like the part of the country where she grew up, and the more she sees of this new, sparkling city, the more she learns that nothing―and no one―here is as it appears. Ultimately, it will take an unexpected tragic event for Maneka and those around her to finally understand just how fragile life is in this city built on aspirations.
Written from the perspectives of ten different characters, Oindrila Mukherjee’s incisive debut novel explores class divisions, gender roles, and stories of survival within a society that is constantly changing and becoming increasingly Americanized.
It is a story about India today and people impacted by globalization everywhere: a tale of ambition, longing, and bitter loss that asks what it really costs to try and build a dream.
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“The author does a great job capturing the setting and exploring the fateful power dynamics. On balance, it’s a penetrating look at the fast-growing country’s shaky façade.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“Soneela Nankani is a strong narrator…A luxurious listening experience.”
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“Reminds me of a Robert Altman film…You’ll want more of every single character."
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“A winning tale…with sensitivity, beauty and depth…that derives its heat and heart from its characters’ humanity.”
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“Sweeping.”
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“Kaleidoscopic.”
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“Funny, moving, and often deliciously cynical.”
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“An astonishing, and astonishingly accurate, portrait of contemporary India.”
— Chitra Divakaruni, author of The Mistress of Spices -
“An impressive feat of storytelling, a novel that examines the constraints of class, of gender, of history.”
— Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author -
“A novel of epic proportions…[with] characters who are often real enough to remind us of ourselves, even as they betray one another, even as they betray themselves.”
— Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize–winning author
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A Good Morning America Selection of the Month
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A PureWow Pick for January
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A January Indie Next List Pick
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About Oindrila Mukherjee
Oindrila Mukherjee is an associate professor of creative writing at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. She grew up in Kolkata, India, and resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
About Soneela Nankani
Soneela Nankani is an award-winning narrator with over three hundred titles in many different genres including Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, and Nonfiction. She has garnered sixteen Earphones Awards, nominations for Audie and SOVAS awards, and was recently awarded AudioFile magazine’s Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Honor. Her audiobooks have been featured in Best Audiobooks lists by AudioFile magazine and the Washington Post, among others. In her spare time, she loves to read (yes, really), learn languages, try new recipes, and travel. She lives in the DC area with her husband and two mischievous daughters.