Optional Practical Training: A Novel
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An elegantly inventive debut novel that offers a sharp new take on the immigrant story in post-9/11 America
Told as a series of conversations, Optional Practical Training follows Pavitra, a young Indian woman who came to the US for college from Bangalore, India, and graduates in 2006 with a degree in physics. Her student visa grants her an extra twelve months in the country for work experience—a period known as Optional Practic...























