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The Shape of Family

Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Contents (112)
  1. Dedication
  2. Epigraph
  3. May 19, 2015, 5:59 A.M.
  4. Home
  5. 1 | Karina
  6. 2007
  7. 2 | Jaya
  8. 2008
  9. 3 | Keith
  10. April 2009
  11. 4 | Jaya
  12. May 2009
  13. 5 | Karina
  14. June 2009
  15. 6 | Prem
  16. 7 | Jaya
  17. June 2009
  18. 8 | Karina
  19. June 2009
  20. 9 | Keith
  21. June 2009
  22. 10 | Karina
  23. July 2009
  24. 11 | Jaya
  25. July 2009
  26. 12 | Karina
  27. August 2009
  28. 13 | Keith
  29. August 2009
  30. 14 | Karina
  31. January 2010
  32. 15 | Keith
  33. May 2010
  34. 16 | Karina
  35. 2011–2013
  36. 17 | Prem
  37. Away
  38. 18 | The Olanders
  39. September 2013
  40. 19 | Karina
  41. September 2013
  42. 20 | Karina
  43. January 2014
  44. 21 | Keith
  45. August 2014
  46. 22 | Jaya
  47. August 2014
  48. 23 | Prem
  49. 24 | Karina
  50. September 2014
  51. 25 | Karina
  52. October 2014
  53. 26 | Karina
  54. October 2014
  55. 27 | Karina
  56. November 2014
  57. 28 | The Olanders
  58. December 2014
  59. 29 | Prem
  60. Sanctuary
  61. 30 | Karina
  62. January 1, 2015
  63. 31 | Karina
  64. January 2, 2015
  65. 32 | Karina
  66. January 3, 2015
  67. 33 | The Olanders
  68. February 2015
  69. 34 | Karina
  70. February 2015
  71. 35 | Prem
  72. 36 | Serotina
  73. February 2015
  74. 37 | Serotina
  75. March 2015
  76. 38 | The Olanders
  77. April 2015
  78. 39 | Serotina
  79. April 2015
  80. 40 | Serotina
  81. April 2015
  82. 41 | Serotina
  83. April 30, 2015
  84. 42 | Keith
  85. May 5, 2015
  86. 43 | Serotina
  87. May 16, 2015
  88. 44 | Jaya
  89. May 16, 2015
  90. 45 | Serotina
  91. May 17, 2015
  92. 46 | Serotina
  93. May 18, 2015
  94. 47 | Prem
  95. Found
  96. 48 | The Olanders
  97. May 19, 2015, 12:30 P.M.
  98. 49 | The Olanders
  99. May 2016
  100. 50 | Prem
  101. Acknowledgments
  102. P.S. Insights, Interviews & More . . .*
  103. About the Author
  104. Meet Shilpi Somaya Gowda
  105. About the Book
  106. Behind the Book
  107. Read On
  108. An Excerpt from The Golden Son
  109. Praise for The Shape of Family
  110. Also by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
  111. Copyright
  112. About the Publisher
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Dedication

For Mira & Bela,

may you seek widely, and always find home

Epigraph

We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us.

Even while the earth sleeps we travel.

We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given to the wind and are scattered.

Brief were my days among you, and briefer still the words I have spoken.

But should my voice fade in your ears, and my love vanish in your memory, then I will come again,

And with a richer heart and lips more yielding to the spirit will I speak.

Yea, I shall return with the tide,

And though death may hide me, and the greater silence enfold me, yet again will I seek your understanding.

—from “The Farewell,” Khalil Gibran

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

May 19, 2015, 5:59 A.M.

Home

1: Karina: 2007

2: Jaya: 2008

3: Keith: April 2009

4: Jaya: May 2009

5: Karina: June 2009

6: Prem

7: Jaya: June 2009

8: Karina: June 2009

9: Keith: June 2009

10: Karina: July 2009

11: Jaya: July 2009

12: Karina: August 2009

13: Keith: August 2009

14: Karina: January 2010

15: Keith: May 2010

16: Karina: 2011–2013

17: Prem

Away

18: The Olanders: September 2013

19: Karina: September 2013

20: Karina: January 2014

21: Keith: August 2014

22: Jaya: August 2014

23: Prem

24: Karina: September 2014

25: Karina: October 2014

26: Karina: October 2014

27: Karina: November 2014

28: The Olanders: December 2014

29: Prem

Sanctuary

30: Karina: January 1, 2015

31: Karina: January 2, 2015

32: Karina: January 3, 2015

33: The Olanders: February 2015

34: Karina: February 2015

35: Prem

36: Serotina: February 2015

37: Serotina: March 2015

38: The Olanders: April 2015

39: Serotina: April 2015

40: Serotina: April 2015

41: Serotina: April 30, 2015

42: Keith: May 5, 2015

43: Serotina: May 16, 2015

44: Jaya: May 16, 2015

45: Serotina: May 17, 2015

46: Serotina: May 18, 2015

47: Prem

Found

48: The Olanders: May 19, 2015, 12:30 P.M.

49: The Olanders: May 2016

50: Prem

Acknowledgments

P.S. Insights, Interviews & More . . .*

About the Author

About the Book

Read On

Praise

Also by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Copyright

About the Publisher

May 19, 2015, 5:59 A.M.

A young woman, hovering on the edge between adolescence and adulthood, is walking. She climbs over a bed of rocks that marks the border between city sidewalk and seashore. She wears clothing the color of snow, of clouds, of nothing. She wears nothing on her feet. She carries nothing.

She walks slowly but deliberately toward the Pacific Ocean, yet she possesses none of the regular trappings of those who do so at this hour—no fishing pole, no surfboard, no wet suit.