The Museum of Failures: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar holiday As a performance artist

As a performance artist

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all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there—and whether she hopes he will be

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The Museum of Failures: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar holiday As a performance artistWhen 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 girland 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. Struck with guilt for not realizing just how ill she had become, Remy