{"product_id":"desi-2-0-my-familys-american-dream-and-the-cost-of-never-being-enough-9798891385016","title":"Desi 2.0: My Family's American Dream and the Cost of Never Being Enough","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDesi 2.0\u003c\/em\u003e places the South Asian experience squarely within the great American tradition of reinvention. With wit and courage, Garg offers a portrait--echoing Terkel, Algren, and Bellow--of the trials, contradictions, and quiet triumphs of finding one's way on American soil.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Sudhir Venkatesh, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eGang Leader for a Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the price of achieving everything was never feeling worthy of anything?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesi 2.0 is a powerful journey through the crushing expectations placed on children of South Asian immigrants, the seductive danger of \"achievement addiction,\" and a transformative path to discovering you were always enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunil \"Sonny\" Garg grew up immersed in the archetypal Desi-American Dream: excel in high school, attend an Ivy League university, become a doctor or lawyer, and attain the wealth and status that would validate his parents' sacrifices. Anything short of perfection meant failure and was met with mental, emotional, and physical abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis relentless programming propelled him to the University of Chicago and Harvard, a White House fellowship, and a C-suite position at a Fortune 125 company. Yet as his external successes mounted, so did an internal emptiness. Achievement became his addiction, each milestone a desperate attempt to prove he deserved acceptance and love. Meanwhile, his relationships withered. Constant comparison, unexplained rage, and deteriorating health left him asking: \u003cem\u003eWho have I become?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a profound moment of reckoning, he began the painstaking work of dismantling his childhood programming to create what he calls his \"Minimally Viable Me.\" In doing so, he discovered that his worth wasn't something he needed to earn. He was already loved. Already enough. Simply by being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrutally honest and warmly funny, \u003cem\u003eDesi 2.0\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to anyone who's felt imprisoned by inherited expectations, measured their worth through accomplishment, or found themselves living someone else's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amplify Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891385016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sonny Garg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801340014773,"sku":"9798891385016","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/desi-2-0-my-familys-american-dream-and-the-cost-of-never-being-enough-9798891385016","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}