A Table for Us

A Table for Us is a modern love story. It narrates the emotional journey of the protagonist Opshora--her struggle to strike a balance between her heritage and the world she inherits as a second-generation immigrant in America. Opshora is a Bengalee American an anthropologist. She falls in love with Antonio an Italian American chef. Antonio cooks with fanatical passion and some crazy to produce culinary miracles. He bakes tarts pastries and chocolate cakes and offers them to Opshora as an expression of his deep adoration for her. His intense love for Opshora is like a sweet-savory roulade ecstasy; but her love also demands profound trust. Their cultural differences add a unique flavor to the story that is both relatable and amusing. The subplot reveals Opshoras mother Rubys experience as a young immigrant in the 60s which spices up the richness of the book. Opshoras family her gay friend Chris and Zayn--the man she fell in love with in Fiji in her youth--sketch a holistic portrayal of Opshora. This book is a tale of race-relations the identity dilemma of immigrants and their deep patriotism for a country which celebrates diversity and at the same time is afraid of it!