On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apart — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
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On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in bowl.

— Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
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