Read excerpts on website Second Generation Stories. WINNER OF THE ROSEMARY DANIELL FICTION PRIZE. THESE AMERICANS, a debut collection of short fiction, explores what it means to live between Indian culture and American expectations. An Indian-born immigrant mother gives birth to her daughter in a small Ohio town. A girl who recently returned from India strives to become "American" again. A naïve immigrant mother is in denial about her lawyer daughter's lesbianism. An elderly doctor keeps a shocking secret from her daughter. This engaging collection of eight short stories and a novella will stay with you long after you turn the last page.