Everything Here Belongs to You

Parul is a Muslim maid sold by her father to a middle class Hindu family. She lives comfortably among the family but is always treated like a second-class citizen. When she comes of age, she meets and starts a love affair with a radical Muslim, a jihad, Rahim. He poisons her mind with hatred toward her Hindu family and toward America. When the Hindu father brings an American boy to live with them while he trains for the Olympics, Rahim brainwashes Parul into sabotaging the American boy however she can. The American boy, Michael and the young Hindu daughter fall in love after a rocky first few months living together. The story unwinds as we learn more about the background of each of the characters and comes to a head when Parul commits her final betrayal at the end of the novel. After learning that he has accidently gotten her pregnant, Rahim uses Parul to exact his revenge upon the American boy. Parul accuses Michael of rape and soon an angry mob descends upon Michael and the Hindu family.