Why is My Skin Brown?

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About the Book A HEARTFELT STORY ABOUT SARAYU, A BROWN GIRL WHO MOVES TO INDIA FOR A FEW MONTHS AND SLOWLY LEARNS TO UNDERSTAND HER SKIN COLOUR, HER FAMILY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS. Sarayu has always known she looks a little different from her friends at school. But she has never thought too much about it, until a sudden move to India turns her world upside down. Now she's surrounded by cousins, aunties, neighbours and even a grandmother who all seem to have strong opinions about how she looks ... especially her skin colour. So many questions swirl in Sarayu's mind. Why do people care so much about skin? Why does her Nani keep calling her kaali? And why does it hurt in a way she can't explain? Happily, between her new classes, long chats with her dad across time zones and the warmth of her Bengaluru family, Sarayu begins to find people she can trust, and the courage to ask the questions that matter. Why Is My Skin Brown? is a warm, thoughtful chapter book about growing up between cultures, understanding identity and learning to love what makes you special. About the Author Lakshmi Iyer is a banking professional in her day job. She slaves over her writing at night when her children are in bed. An MBA graduate from LeBow College of Business and an alumna of the Yale Writer's Workshop, she writes creative non-fiction primarily, on her personal website www.lgiyer.com. She hopes to publish a memoir of her adoption journey someday. When Lakshmi is not working or writing, she enjoys cooking and watching random food videos on YouTube. She lives with her husband and her three daughters (two adopted and one biological) near Philadelphia, in the US.

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