The Namesake: " Remember that you and I made this journey

The Namesake: " Remember that you and I made this journey together to a place where there was nowhere left to go."

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Penn and Joy discuss Jhumpa Lahiri's ground-breaking novel "The Namesake," a coming of age story of an Indian-American kid growing up 1st generation. Watch Nikhil/Gogol as he grows up outside of Boston to discovering himself in New York City. Gogol's experience resonates with first generation kids across America, especially the Indian ones!

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