The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri

Got this recommendation off some list...its about a first generation youth growing up in the US and his immigrant parent's efforts to live and raise their child in a new country.  As coming of age books go its pretty standard fare; as an immigrant story its also nothing out of the ordinary.  But to be clear, this is not really my normal genre so there is probably a whole audience to whom this book was aimed who enjoyed it very much but I found it a fairly typical book about the life of a young man.  Yeah, sure, he was first generation and yeah, his experiences were influenced by that background, but I didn't find anything particularly standout about his life-I mean, we are all just getting through it the best was can, aren't we? 

Rating:  #5 Good Enough