Short-listed for The Man Booker Prize this year, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is about two young adults from India trying to find their place in the world and the family members and lovers who influenced them. While attending a college in New Hampshire, Sonia falls in love with an older man who is a fairly well known artist. Sunny is a journalist with Associated Press in New York City living with Ulla, a young woman from Kansas. When these affairs end abruptly, Sunny and Sonia meet.

Kiran Desai is a wonderful author. Her characters and their lives are vivid and well-drawn. However, and I rarely say this, this tome could have used some editing, especially on the last 150 pages. Nevertheless, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is still well worth reading.