Zarna Garg is truly entertaining. I found her memoir, This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir, to be a fun and fast read. For someone so different from myself, she is very relatable. Things like motherhood, womanhood, not wanting to take the expected, established route. Zarna is heartwarming and astounding. She shows the drive and effort that it takes to succeed. And she's funny!
Page 110: People will remind you every day that you are less than ideal. Don't make it easier for them by pointing out your own flaws.
Page 147: If becoming an Indian wife gave me back my security, becoming a mother gave me back my worth. Because of Zoya, I felt tethered to the rest of humanity for the first time. My daughter was clearly human; therefore I must be too.
Page 154: It took me years to realize that fixating on being "the perfect mother" is such a waste of talent that could be better used to solve real problems, like creating a robot babysitter that absorbs vomit.
