Named a Must-Read by USA Today!
A suspenseful drama about an immigrant family caught in a criminal
investigation, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You.
"Our Best Intentions is a thoughtful, gripping suspense that shakes
up definitions of family and identity in a beautiful and refreshing
way!" --Kal Penn, actor and national bestselling author of You Can't Be
Serious
"With subtlety, humor and piercing insight, Vibhuti Jain creates a
propulsive page-turner that will touch your heart. A must-read!" --Jean
Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie
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Babur "Bobby" Singh, single parent and owner of fledging Uber business
"Move with Bobby," remains ever hopeful about ascending the ladder of
American success. He lives in an affluent suburb of New York with his
daughter Angie, an introverted teenager who is uncomfortable in her own
skin unless she's swimming.
During summer break, Angie is walking home after training at the high
school pool when she finds Henry McCleary, a classmate from a wealthy,
prominent family, stabbed and bleeding on the football field. The police
immediately focus their investigation on Chiara Thompkins, a runaway
Black girl who disappears after the stabbing and--it's later
discovered--wasn't properly enrolled in the public high school.
The incident sends shock waves through the community and reveals jarring
truths about the lengths to which families will go to protect
themselves. As the town fractures, Angie must navigate conflicting
narratives and wrestle with her own moral culpability. Meanwhile,
Babur's painstaking efforts to shield Angie and protect his hard-earned
efforts to assimilate overshadow his ability to see right from wrong.
Alternating between multiple perspectives, Our Best Intentions is a
pulsating story about a father and daughter re-examining their familial
bonds and place in the community. Both a gripping page-turner and an
intimate portrait of an immigrant family, Vibhuti Jain's provocative
debut explores how easily friendships, careers, communities, and
individual lives can unravel when the toxicity of privilege and racial
bias are exposed.
