"Bangles Bindis and Babies is a warm and wonderfully inspiring story of how two people begin their life adventure together and the incredible children that make them a forever family."
-Tonya Torosian, CEO Promises2Kids
"Most Engaging Story of the Year...
Being involved in a "cross-cultural" marriage can be challenging, and Ms. Chennamchetty describes the ups and downs in the most delightful way. Her writing is clear, unadorned, yet remarkably poignant. The story creeps up on you and before you are aware, you are completely immersed in the mood. While there are some heartbreaking moments, at the end of the day, the message is one of hope and deep faith in humanity. Thank you Ms. Chennamchetty for sharing your story."
-David Naimark MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSD
"At a time when the imposed mix of cultures across the globe raises extraordinary conflicts and so many in the USA try to resist the health and wisdom of this new society, an American couple succeeds in forming a cross-cultural family through marriage and adoptions. A must read to find meaning, hope and joy about a theme considered threatening for too many. It is serious, funny, a mind- and heart-opening experience."
-Ghislain Labonte, Author of Love in the Present
"Bangles Bindis and Babies is an engaging story told with honesty, humor, and insight about the challenges of building a multicultural adoptive family. A truly American tale, it follows a mixed race couple who navigate eye-opening cultural clashes, tragedy and the foster care system with determination, humor, and love."
-Carol S.
"An honest, substantive, insightful memoir written by a woman of extraordinary inner strength.....The bulk of this riveting book vividly recounts the nuances of interracial relationships, a Dickensian point of view of eastern culture from a western perspective, and a chaotic struggle in adulthood to establish an identity.....Not without excitement, the author is refreshingly candid and has expertly rendered her sheer survival, her emotional resilience, and her good humor in the face of the luckless cards she was often dealt."
-Arun G.
