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" Dimple Lala is having problems finding out who she really is. She wonders if she's American or Indian (India), she doesn't quite seem to think she can be American Indian. Dimple has a love for photography and she she goes through school with her best friend Gwyn taking pictures with her camera. Gwyn has a love for Dimple's Indian heritage, everything from the sari to the bindi. Dimple doesn't understand what makes her life so interesting to Gwyn.
When Dimple's parent arrange a meeting for Dimple and a suitable boy Dimple can't believe they have resorted to an old Indian custom. When it comes time for the "date" to occur Dimple acts so bored with her date, Karsh Kapoor that she doesn't seem to have made a great first impression. So after the date the first thing she does is tell her best friend what a drag Karsh was.
Gwyn and Dimple go out partying at a club where Gwyn is having a fantastic time dancing with absolute strangers and consuming mass ammounts of alcohol. Dimple all by herself at the bar runs into Karsh and begins to have an exciting conversation and begins to think that she might actually like the guy when Gwyn shows up. She decides to start flirting with Karsh and spill the word that Dimple thinks he's a complete loser.
Karsh seems to be upset but Gwyn and he are hitting it off and dating. Dimple realizes even more that she is falling in love with Karsh and nothing can ever happen if he is with her best friend. Which causes a argument between Gwyn and Dimple over how Dimple just can't be happy for Gwyn."
Jessica Pipon, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- GENERAL--no other subplots apply
Inside culture (main char)
- Indian (Ghandi, not Sitting Bull)
Struggle with:
- Mother (or standin)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Indian Indian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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