I think I was expecting too much from this book, since all of the reviews are raves and I LOVED her first book of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies. I liked this collection except for the story about a couple who goes to a wedding, called Choice of Accomodations, which has the worst sex scene ever. You might defend this scene by saying Lahiri was trying to make it realistic with the husband enjoying his wife's breasts, "flattened and drained after nursing two children, tasting the film of persperation that had gathered," but wouldn't it be more realistic if he were repulsed by her body now and had to come to terms it, or something? And do we need to see the word "decay" in a sex scene? Also I'm tired of reading about Indian parents who are ashamed if their kid doesn't get into an ivy league school. I know Lahiri is just being honest about the kind of people she knows, but it just makes me roll my eyes.