Ten Thousand Tongues

Featured in Forbes, NBC-News and NBC Asian America, this biographical fiction is based on the authors' family stories of strong matriarchs who inspired "Ten Thousand Tongues." These stories of perseverance, a deep-rooted appreciation of family legacies that inspire and shape reverence to one's culinary heritage, preserving family stories and foods along the way warm hearts of the introspective reader. Eight women find refuge, solace, and strength in their constantly evolving relationship to family and each other, through the foods they cooked and later, the dishes they are most often remembered by. This novel captures their essence through narratives from within and around their homes, their lives intersecting briefly, as mothers and as daughters. The main characters of this book navigate the constructs of religious boundaries, between Hinduism and Judaism, and definitions of identity in India and the United States. Despite their flawed relationships, their modest kitchens create indelible memories. Their domestic life is sometimes their burden, and at other times their sanctuary, and yet, long after the kitchen fires are cold, the warmth of old-fashioned comfort foods continue to nourish both body and spirit. Their narratives lead readers through the food pathways that finally culminate in Ana's kitchen, far away from where the stories first began. Immortalized through iconic comfort foods, eight women effortlessly manage to create a unique and lasting culinary legacy that spans many generations. Look for a companion cookbook of the same name to pair with the novel for a completely immersive experience. Content / Trigger / PTSD Warnings: Abandonment, Anti-Hindutva, Anti-Semitism, Blood, Classism, Death/ Dying, Depression, Discrimination (ethnic etc), Islamophobia, Kidnapping/Abduction (third person), Mental Illness, Racism, Riots, Violence (racially motivated), Sexism, Misogyny, Suicidal Thoughts, War (third person), Xenophobia (mild).