Catching up on books

Had read a couple of books recently..as usual my failing memory might not be able to recall the full spectrum of what I had read but here's what I remember:

as the title suggests, the story tells us about the lives of 2 immigrants, Ananda and Nina, who had moved from India to settle in Canada. I've read pretty similar books by other Indian authors, which basically also revolved around the same theme of Indian migrants in North America. All of them had been great reads, and this book was no exception. Ananda desperately tried to integrate into the North American's way of life, and to some extent, I think he despised his own status as an Indian immigrant. His insecurities about his sexual abilities and perhaps, even his own nationality, drove him into an obsession of bedding white women. Not knowing all these about Ananda, Nina, seduced by a better life in Canada,  agreed to marry him. It sounded much like Nina had won a good lot in life, as Ananda was a dentist, and seemed to be relatively well-off. And so she moved to Canada, and was instantly bored by her life there as a housewife, with barely any friends. In India, she had been an English teacher with a profound love of books. After years in Canada and not being able to fulfil her dream of being a mother (largely due to Ananda's impotence), she finally decided to take up a degree in Library Science and subsequently had an affair with a married man. She had also found out about Ananda's affair with a white woman. In the end, she lived her life independently of any men.

Had also read Jostein Gaarder's Castle in the Pyrenees; Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook; Jeanette Wall's The Glass Castle, etc. I will continue my reviews on those at a later time.