Great collection of short stories. As with most collections, some stories were too short and I found myself wanting more.

Superb account of an Indian immigrant family in Canada.

Coconut Dreams is a collection of very much interconnected short stories about one Indian family in Canada. Their immigrant experience is examined from a new lens in a beautiful, well-writen and very realistic way. South Asians are often an unnoticed ethic group in Canada, so I was really pleased that Derek Mascarenha wrote a poignant work of fiction that brings to light such issues as culture clashes, racism, class, abuse, immigrant experience and generational differences.

The book gets heavy at times, but I think this is really adequate, considering the real experience of families such as the Pintos. Since I was lucky to listen to it through an audiobook, I could hear the emotions well-pronounced in the narration, which definitely made it more special to me.

I would highly recommend this book to readers of (superb) niche fiction of emerging authors describing real, unseen issues of overlooked people. Wonderful.

*Thank you to the Publisher for a free advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Loved this book from the very first chapter.

This is a debut book released in 2019; listened to the audiobook, which was extremely well done by multiple narrators.

This book has a great first chapter and last chapter; and loved the chapters in between. Coconut Dreams stayed strong from start to finish.

Around 25% into this book, I decided to follow the author so that I can be on the lookout for future books.

Thank you NetGalley and the author/Derek Mascarenhas for an advance copy of the audiobook. Derek, I wish you much success and I anxiously await your next book!