Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 Summary

Jasmine and Prakash live in a small apartment in the city, where Prakash works long hours at two jobs. At home, Prakash studies for his new career in electronics, and he and Jasmine plan for their life as co-owners of an electronics store one day. Prakash reveals that he has been accepted in a trade school in Tampa, Florida, and he shows Jasmine the brochures of the Indian students standing in front of palm trees. Jasmine is not old enough to get a visa yet, so Prakash plans to work for a few years and then send for Jasmine.

One evening, shortly before Prakash is to depart for the United States, he and Jasmine visit a shop where Jasmine is to select some material for a new sari. With the fabric draped over her shoulder, Jasmine looks at her reflection in...