If Today Be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar

A sixty-year-old mother and grandmother whose husband has died is spending six months with her son and daughter-in-law in Ohio. Tehmina faces the choice between staying in the U.S. with her only remaining family or returning to what had been a comfortable life in Bombay. Seen through Tehmina's eyes, the difference between life in busy Bombay and life in the isolation of an Ohio suburb comes alive and addresses the question of what things are important in how we create a life for ourselves. Umrigar, also the author of The Space Between Us, writes wonderfully readable novels.