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Goodbye Anna is a unique account of Suryabalas travels abroad. In these memoirs, Suryabala explores more interiors than outlying places. Whether its the terrifying experience of gradually freezing to death when the boiler in her American home fails in the bitter cold, or the child traveling alone on a train from New York to Boston, who, shocked by the news of her fathers death, tries to console the author by telling her that its okay, he was her stepfather. Even more interesting and poignant are the wanderings of little Anna, born abroad and growing up abroad. On one side is the stubborn Anna, weighing everything with logic, and on the other, her overzealous grandmother, intent on enriching Anna with a treasure trove of Indian values. Both seek their own solutions, and through these strategies, a bridge of attachment is gradually formed, beneath which the twin streams of Eastern and Western cultures flow together. This memoir, brimming with thought, compassion, and playfulness, takes us through Anna to the unexplored depths of the minds of Indian children growing up abroad amidst global entanglements.