In Abundance\, two generations of a Muslim India n family grapple with what parts of life we control and what we must humbl y accept in pursuit of the American dream&mdash\;for readers of Min Jin Le e\, \;Mohsin Hamid\, and \;Ayad AkhtarIn suburban Miami\, sixty-ye ar-old Sakeena&mdash\;co-owner of a Dunkin&rsquo\; franchise along with he r husband\, Ramzan&mdash\;has nine months to live unless she consents to a n organ transplant. Thirty years ago\, at Ramzan&rsquo\;s behest\, she lef t her beloved Rawalpindi\, India\, for the United States. In the years tha t followed\, she compromised her belief in naseeb\, the Muslim notion of d estiny\, and acquiesced to fertility treatments. This time\, she is adaman t that she should live as intended&mdash\;without medical intervention. As her health deteriorates\, Ramzan desperately seeks to reunite their grown children with the hope of convincing Sakeena to extend her life.But there are complications. Eldest daughter Fareen is consumed by an important bus iness deal that\, if successful\, will land her a highly desired (and lucr ative) promotion. Meanwhile\, youngest son Adnan is living abroad and unab le to return to the States due to his own unscrupulous business practices\ , a pattern stretching back to his adolescence. If they have any hope of s aving their mother&rsquo\;s life\, the siblings must take extraordinary ac tion to wrestle with their life choices\, actions that reveal the always-p resent tension between ambition and fate. \;Brought to life by prose t hat captures the spirit of contemporary Miami as effortlessly as it convey s the challenges of running a Dunkin&rsquo\; franchise\, \;Abundance&n bsp\;is a beautiful\, moving read from an exciting new American voice.\n
About the Author
HAFEEZ LAKHANI \;was born in Hyderabad\, I
ndia\, and raised in suburban South Florida. His fiction and essays have a
ppeared in \;Crazyhorse\, \;Exposition Review\,&
nbsp\;Salt Hill Journal\, \;Tikkun\, \;The C
ortland Review\, and \;The Southern Review\, among other
publications. He has received fellowships from PEN America and t
he Center for Fiction\, has been recognized twice with a Notable
Essay in \;Best American Essays\, and has been nominated twic
e for a Pushcart Prize.
FAHIM NAIM the son of Pakistani immigrants\, is a South Flo
rida native who grew up behind the counter of his parents' Miami convenien
ce store\, which is to say he is intimately familiar with the world of Abu
ndance&mdash\;family\, obligation\, and a business that never really close
s. He now builds and advises consumer brands\, and lives with his wife San
a and their three children in Broward County\, where he remains an anxious
but loyal Heat and Canes fan.
