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In this riveting and immersive novel, a Reese's Book Club pick, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide in India. Umrigar's new novel, The Museum of Failures, a Book Riot Best Book of 2023, is available now, too. In Honor, Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena—a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man—Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one’s own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita’s own past. While Meena’s fate hangs in the balance, Smita tries in every way she can to right the scales. She also finds herself increasingly drawn to Mohan, an Indian man she meets while on assignment. But the dual love stories of Honor are as different as the cultures of Meena and Smita themselves: Smita realizes she has the freedom to enter into a casual affair, knowing she can decide later how much it means to her. In this tender and evocative novel about love, hope, familial devotion, betrayal, and sacrifice, Thrity Umrigar shows us two courageous women trying to navigate how to be true to their homelands and themselves at the same time. “In the way A Thousand Splendid Suns told of Afghanistan’s women, Thrity Umrigar tells a story of India with the intimacy of one who knows the many facets of a land both modern and ancient, awash in contradictions.” —Lisa Wingate, 1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours THE JANUARY 2022 REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Algonquin Books (October 18, 2022)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1643753304


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 00


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.95 x 8.2 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #43,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #221 in Cultural Heritage Fiction #1,177 in Family Life Fiction (Books) #1,620 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction


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    • An amazing book
I set aside time each night to read in bed before I go to sleep. As a result of that, a book the size of Thrity Amrigar’s Honor, a little over three hundred pages, normally would take me six days. But I was so enthralled by the book that I carved out time each day to read, and I consumed it in two days. What an amazing book Amrigar has constructed. The story is of a young Hindu girl who marries a Muslim boy in rural India and her brothers murder him to protect their family’s honor. That story is being covered by an American reporter, she who was born in India and migrated. This is the basis of a story that explores all the shades of love, from family ties, to religious fervor, to country loyalties, to romantic entanglements. Amrigar examines the culture of India, both city and rural, and in the process, she draws parallels to American culture, and in fact, world culture. She shows us people are the same the world over. Some are tolerant and understanding and have a wider view of the world and religion, while others are tiny in their viewpoints. The book can be violent at times, but overall, it proves that love does indeed conquer all. The fact that it is set in a country few of us know much about is engaging and enlightening, all the while cautioning us that this is not a book about India, Hindus, or Muslims. It is about humanity. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024 by Russell J. Sanders
    • Powerful & difficult story
Read this for a book club. Great coverage and background of religious tensions in India and what happens when people are uneducated & continue barbaric customs. It’s a sad story and difficult to read at times but it was a good read. My only criticism is the lead character and her “romance” story. Was a little predictable as it went the way of a Hallmark movie. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2022 by A Long Time Fan
    • This is a wonderful, but disturbing, emotional book.
The writing was superb. These incidents happening in India are disturbing, but human.. the worst part of humanity. But I don’t want you to think it is not worth reading, it is also full of humanity and a peek into the caste system of India.
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2024 by Ruthie
    • i loved this novel!
An incredible story set in India of love and loss, of endings and new beginning. i'll always remember this story of a mothers love.
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025 by M. Golden
    • I couldn't stop reading Honor
Though there are many storytelling tropes in Honor -- the single, work focused, unconnected career woman with an awful secret going back to home/the scene of the unspeakable ... and the inevitable romance and reclamation of home, the reshuffling of priorities... with all that "Lifetime/Hallmark " structure acknowledged, THIS BOOK IS SPECTACULAR. The characters are multi dimensional, beautifully and richly drawn... their stories, their inner journeys are compelling. And what I learned about India. Wow! The descriptions of the city and the village, the customs and ethos - the time spent creating the worlds of India... rich, pungent, alive. When they're driving, I felt I was in the car with them. The horrible night I felt the terror, could almost smell the burning. The resonating story of Meena and Abdul, the hope for a new India... that hope lives on through Smita and Mohan and the little girl. This is a wonderful book, a gripping personal journey wrapped around a powerful, gorgeously written story. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2022 by Booklover
    • To love and hate a country in so many ways…
A very intense and powerful novel about how the uneducated male dominant communities abuse the word honor under the theme of traditions and religions. Sadly but very true , this does not only take place in Hindustan but in all the different places of the world. This is a novel about the abuse of honor under traditions as well as the love and hatred one feels for their own country. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2025 by Amazon Customer
    • Tragic, but also tender
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Although this story is horrific and heartbreaking, it’s is so beautifully written and wonderfully structured. I appreciated the dual timeline that eventually merged into parallel encounters. . The way Smita’s story was told in the present simultaneously while Meena told her story from the first person perspective was interesting, engaging and well executed. . Without giving too much of the story, Smita is an Indian America journalist telling the story of a Hindu woman from a small village in India who falls in love and marries a Muslim man. This union has a brutal ending to a sweet love story because of religious differences. Although extremely sad with significant trauma, there were also moments of beautiful tenderness and innocence. . Additionally, this book was very informative. I knew there was enmity between Hindus and Muslims in India, but this story really drove home the violence and destruction this enmity sometimes brings to families, friendships and relationships in general. . I highly recommend this read, especially for a book club or buddy read as there are so many points to discuss and work through. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2023 by NaKisha NaKisha
    • An important, haunting, beautifully written book
For my fellow HSPs out there, this book *will* make you cry. I couldn't get through two chapters without my eyes welling up, or without full-on tears coming down my face. As a second-generation Korean American woman whose parents fought tooth and nail to build their family a prosperous life in the US, so much of Smita's narrative and viewpoints mirrored mine (minus the twist that we encounter halfway through the book). Furthermore, Meena's story is simply tragic--no way around that. My heart aches and breaks for all the women who have to suffer from the injustices that outdated and violent patriarchal/religious views can impose on the innocent. And of course, I wish all the people who partake in this violence a long afterlife in the worst Hell following a painful, excruciating, dreadful death. That said, Umrigar is an incredibly talented and poetic author. Though it was hard for me to get through the book because of my heavy heart, I read on due to the beautiful candor and cadence that Umrigar brings to her literary art. I also loved reading this book on my Kindle, as I could look up all the unfamiliar words that Umrigar throws at us. It's important to me that I read this book because I learned so much about Indian culture. Highly recommend if you don't mind plenty of tears and heartbreak along the way. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2022 by Anna

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