EAN: 9780063278783

OUR BEST INTENTIONS - VIBHUTI JAIN GEBUNDEN

A pulsating debut about an immigrant family that gets caught in the middle of a criminal
investigation  perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You and Ask Again  Yes. Babur
?Bobby? Singh  single parent and owner of fledging Uber business ?Move with Bobby ? remains
ever hopeful about ascending the ladder of American success. He lives in an affluent suburb of
New York with his daughter Angie  an introverted teenager who is uncomfortable in her own skin
unless she's swimming. During summer break  Angie is walking home after training at the high
school pool when she finds Henry McCleary  a classmate from a wealthy  prominent family 
stabbed and bleeding on the football field. The police immediately focus their investigation on
Chiara Thompkins  a runaway Black girl who disappears after the stabbing and?it's later
discovered?wasn't properly enrolled in the public high school. The incident sends shock waves
through the community and reveals jarring truths about the lengths to which families will go to
protect themselves. As the town fractures  Angie must navigate conflicting narratives and
wrestle with her own moral culpability. Meanwhile  Babur's painstaking efforts to shield Angie
and protect his hard-earned efforts to assimilate overshadow his ability to see right from
wrong. Alternating between multiple perspectives  Our Best Intentions is a suspenseful drama
about a father and daughter re-examining their familial bonds and place in the community. Both
a gripping page-turner and an intimate portrait of an immigrant family  Vibhuti Jain's
provocative debut explores how easily friendships  careers  communities  and individual lives
can unravel when the toxicity of privilege and racial bias are exposed.

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