Posted on Sep 27, 2023
'The Museum of Failures' explores identity, immigration and keeping family secrets
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The beautiful new novel “The Museum of Failures” introduces readers to Remy Wadia, a successful Indian-American advertising executive who’s returning to India to adopt a child.
Remy left decades earlier to attend college in the United States and built a life in Ohio with his wife, Kathy. His beloved father died, and he’s always had a difficult relationship with his mother. But his return to India will force him to uncover truths about his family that his parents have kept from him for decades.
Author Thrity Umrigar says the central theme of the novel is family secrets.
“Remy is an adult by the time he stumbles upon this rather explosive, life-changing family secret,” she says, “and one would hope that as an adult, he now has the tools to deal with this.”
Remy left decades earlier to attend college in the United States and built a life in Ohio with his wife, Kathy. His beloved father died, and he’s always had a difficult relationship with his mother. But his return to India will force him to uncover truths about his family that his parents have kept from him for decades.
Author Thrity Umrigar says the central theme of the novel is family secrets.
“Remy is an adult by the time he stumbles upon this rather explosive, life-changing family secret,” she says, “and one would hope that as an adult, he now has the tools to deal with this.”
'The Museum of Failures' explores identity, immigration and keeping family secrets
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."When Remy Wadia left India for the United States, he carried his resentment of his cold and inscrutable mother with him and has kept his distance from her. Years later, he returns to Bombay, planning to adopt a baby from a young pregnant girl—and to see his elderly mother again before it is too late. She is in the hospital, has stopped talking, and seems to have given up on life."...
..."When Remy Wadia left India for the United States, he carried his resentment of his cold and inscrutable mother with him and has kept his distance from her. Years later, he returns to Bombay, planning to adopt a baby from a young pregnant girl—and to see his elderly mother again before it is too late. She is in the hospital, has stopped talking, and seems to have given up on life."...
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