Praise for Under the Lemon Trees:

“Under the Lemon Trees is an intelligent and ambitious book about the Sikh immigrant experience; with great sincerity and care, Backhaus chronicles a world that is already disappearing, where different generations are both comforted and trapped by the ties of family and tradition. The novel is peppered with exquisite observations and the intimate domestic minutiae that determine the direction of young women’s lives, and thence that of the community, are beautifully executed.”

–Roopa Farooki, author of Bitter Sweets

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“From the first page of Under the Lemon Trees, I was under the spell of Bhira Backhaus’s precise yet languid prose.  Rich with original detail, this novel, with its interwoven stories of an Indian family’s cultural assimilation in America, beautifully captures the tensions inherent in living between cultures.  Backhaus is a fresh and original new voice in contemporary fiction.

–Christina Baker Kline, author of The Way Life Should Be

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“…stories of loss, connection and the search for identity create a rich, sensuous portrait of a culture in transition…”

–Publishers Weekly