Find Someone to Love
by Divya Sood
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Pub Date May 30 2019 | Archive Date Sep 19 2019
Riverdale Avenue Books | Magnus
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Description
Set in the surprisingly charming world of New York City opticians, Find Someone to Love follows Priya, a young optician working for a Queens practice full of characters. There’s Sam, whose life revolves around his store, 20/20. There’s Ed, who always loves a good snack and has a mysterious past. And then there is Dr. Bello, who is a colorful woman, to say the least. Things in Priya’s world get turned upside down when Dr. Bello is replaced by a new optometrist, who is an unexpected, but beloved, blast from her past. Priya’s routine world changes when she has to answer questions of herself she was always too afraid to ask. With a mixture of humor and heartache, Find Someone To Love explores the power of the past and the ephemeral nature of the present, the redemptive power of love, and the bonds of friendship.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781626015029 |
| PRICE | $9.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 519424
A poignant story of love, loss, and personal growth. The prose is beautiful and vivid. Following Priya on her journey through the last 17 years is a wonderful experience. I will say this is not a romance book but it is a book about love. Readers be aware of this going in.
Heather B, Reviewer
Find Someone to Love is a unique story that takes place over 17 years between two women. Well written and interesting characters. I would read more by this author.
Joc A, Reviewer
I got an overwhelming sense of quietness from this story and I think that much of that has to do with it being told from Priya's point of view in first person. Part of it also has to do with it being a small cast in a fairly closed setting. Priya works at an optician called 20/20 with Sam who is the owner, Ed who is a technician like her and Dr Bello who is the optician. It's not long before the difficult Dr Bello is replaced by Dr LM Ibrahim.
Priya is quite self-contained within this environment so in the New York office she trades light banter with her colleagues but in her head she thinks about her cousin Prem, who has just committed suicide in India. They were close, both being gay but knowing limitations of their families and culture. Entwined with these thoughts are those she has of Leyla, her best friend of twenty years before and the woman she fell in love with.
The prose is beautiful and lyrical. It's worth reading for that alone. The threads of her relationship with Prem as well as those with Leyla are carefully interwoven with the present. There is lightness around her office interactions but I found it didn't balance out some of the heavier themes. I loved the experience of reading this novel but it’s not one I can say I enjoyed. I felt an empathy for Priya because it felt like being inside her head and I think she’s going to be in mine for some time.
Book received from Netgalley and Riverdale Avenue Books for an honest review.
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