Red, white, and whole

Table of contents

Two --
Give and take --
Girls just want to have fun --
First memory --
Our home --
The star --
Sunny --
Red and white --
Rachel --
Bindi --
Amma's orbit --
The discovery --
Daddy --
Drowning --
Everyone else --
Red, white, and whole --
Courtly love --
Do you speak Indian? --
When you are different --
Sisters --
Brothers --
Only --
Birthday parties --
Embarrassing things --
Rules --
Mustard seeds --
Pop music --
Grandparents, part 1 --
Everywhere --
Expectations --
Hero --
Separate --
Grandparents, part 2 --
After school --
MTV --
Star Wars --
Aerogrammes --
Here and there --
Accents --
On the threshold --
Hot and cold --
Amar Chitra Kathas --
Savitri, part 1 --
Cells --
My Aerogramme --
The project --
Smart --
Savitri, part 2 --
What Rachel thinks --
Deepavali --
Always something there to remind me --
The dress --
At the mall --
Down the stairs --
Come dancing --
Time after time --
Hands --
The end of the dance --
What's wrong --
The diagnosis --
The river --
The moon --
Waiting --
The first day back --
The treatment --
Savitri, part 3 --
The phone call --
Lost --
Two --
Thanksgiving --
Guilt --
Dutiful --
Under hospital lights --
Not allowed --
The new routine --
Mustard seeds, part 2 --
Two weeks --
Won't make her come home --
Please --
The color of virtue --
Wednesday --
School daze --
Afternoons --
True --
The promise --
Rapids --
The arrival --
Another surprise --
My mother's sister --
Roommates --
The new rhythm --
Pop or alternative --
Every breath you take --
Mix tape --
Prema Auntie's little sister --
What Amma needs next --
The surprise --
Shock --
No one --
But if --
Hero --
The needle --
Close enough --
Savitri, part 4 --
The story I want to tell --
Watching --
Dr. Andrews --
The river --
Goodbye --
Jealous --
Total eclipse of the heart --
Comfortably numb --
The phone call --
Savitri, part 5 --
Aerogramme --
Family ties --
Start --
Always something there to remind me --
Author's note.

Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked--Reha means "star" and Punam means "moon"--but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her Amma is sick. Really sick. Reha, who dreams of becoming a doctor even though she can't stomach the sight of blood, is determined to make her Amma well again. She'll be the perfect daughter, if it means saving her Amma's life.

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