What do you think?
Rate this book
A New Journey 2: The Wedding
Unable to find a teaching job after her graduation, Jurnee happened on a chance opportunity to teach English in a village in Kerala, India at a school managed by a family friend. Overcoming anxiety, self-doubt, and cultural differences, she found a home in her new surroundings and formed many friendships along the way, including Anooj. Now back in the US, Jurnee has landed her dream teaching job, but navigating a long-distance relationship that spans the globe has proven itself more difficult than she had anticipated. Follow along through meeting the parents, breaking up, getting engaged, and experience their wedding in Tamil Nadu firsthand. Based on the author’s real experiences, you’re sure to be on the edge of your seat.
207 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 14, 2021
4 people are currently reading
6 people want to read
About the author
Samantha Kannan
3 books17 followersSamantha Kannan is an American from central Illinois. Despite growing up in a small rural town, she has been to India nine times, seen over 1000 Indian films in five languages, studied both Tamil and Hindi, and her husband fares from Tamil Nadu.
She spends most of her time with her husband and puppy, Jimikki. She enjoys writing, studying Tamil, reading, watching movies, and soaking a crispy dosa in fresh tomato chutney.
A New Journey (about her time teaching in a village in Kerala) will be out July 1, 2020.
A New Journey 2 (about her wedding in Tamil Nadu) will be out Valentine's Day 2021.
Follow her at
@SamanthaKannan on Quora, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube
@NaanSamantha on Twitter
She spends most of her time with her husband and puppy, Jimikki. She enjoys writing, studying Tamil, reading, watching movies, and soaking a crispy dosa in fresh tomato chutney.
A New Journey (about her time teaching in a village in Kerala) will be out July 1, 2020.
A New Journey 2 (about her wedding in Tamil Nadu) will be out Valentine's Day 2021.
Follow her at
@SamanthaKannan on Quora, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube
@NaanSamantha on Twitter
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
April 22, 2021
This book is such a great follow-up to the first book and could also be a stand-alone. Samantha goes into detail about her wedding and the events surrounding it. The way she shares her thoughts makes you think you are there with her. Well written.
April 18, 2021
Many thanks to the author Samantha Kannan for sending me an Advance Copy of the book!
Rating: 4.7⭐
A New Journey 2 picks up just where the first book ends. Jurnee and Anooj now figure out a long distance relationship and navigate their cultural differences, leading to their wedding. I found the starting slightly rocky but the book became better and better as I went in. Samantha's descriptions were brilliant like in the first book and she had me chuckling at some of her observations. She narrates the experience very beautifully, showing the excitement, anxiety and the medley of emotions felt by brides, especially when marrying thousands of miles away amidst strangers. She uses very simple language with a bit of colloquialism thrown in to narrate her story and so the book felt short and crisp. To sum it up, this was a very light and fun read for me.
On a side note, it felt very endearing and kind of refreshing to view my own state from the perspective of someone relatively new to the place. I find her liking for Mysore Pak and Dosas very sweet :D
Rating: 4.7⭐
A New Journey 2 picks up just where the first book ends. Jurnee and Anooj now figure out a long distance relationship and navigate their cultural differences, leading to their wedding. I found the starting slightly rocky but the book became better and better as I went in. Samantha's descriptions were brilliant like in the first book and she had me chuckling at some of her observations. She narrates the experience very beautifully, showing the excitement, anxiety and the medley of emotions felt by brides, especially when marrying thousands of miles away amidst strangers. She uses very simple language with a bit of colloquialism thrown in to narrate her story and so the book felt short and crisp. To sum it up, this was a very light and fun read for me.
On a side note, it felt very endearing and kind of refreshing to view my own state from the perspective of someone relatively new to the place. I find her liking for Mysore Pak and Dosas very sweet :D
July 8, 2021
Lovely read!
Such a fun read! A young American girl falling in love with India and the Indian culture.
Describing her traditional South Indian wedding with all the elaborate rituals, and feeling sad that she had no family with her - poignant! I especially loved the way she describes concentrating on her Marudhani ( Henna) designs on her toes to keep her calm!
Enjoyed it!
Need aka Sathya
Such a fun read! A young American girl falling in love with India and the Indian culture.
Describing her traditional South Indian wedding with all the elaborate rituals, and feeling sad that she had no family with her - poignant! I especially loved the way she describes concentrating on her Marudhani ( Henna) designs on her toes to keep her calm!
Enjoyed it!
Need aka Sathya
Read
August 27, 2021Very interesting book
Beautiful read. Highly recommended. The way the author explained about the cultural differences is really relatable and this book definitely gives ppl more exposure on what India is
Beautiful read. Highly recommended. The way the author explained about the cultural differences is really relatable and this book definitely gives ppl more exposure on what India is
September 17, 2021
Payanam 2
Good as the journey itself with its details to the minute. Lovely as the author, imagined Samantha Kannan is this whole joirney
Good as the journey itself with its details to the minute. Lovely as the author, imagined Samantha Kannan is this whole joirney
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews