Book excerpt: An Athlete. A Therapist. A Murder. A Medal.Siana Singh can run fast; she is just slow in discovering where she belongs, wedged between her traditional Punjabi family and her western beliefs. She clashes with her father on everything from ripped pants to life goals until the day he is murdered. Dr. Silverstone is a therapist whose primary purpose has been one of being an exemplary mother. Living her life guided by deep faith, she has lost her daughter to 9/11 and her living son to a crime. She understands loss well and is eager to help her patient Siana.Siana and the doctor feed off each other. For Siana, Dr. Silverstone's warmth occupies a parental figure; for the doctor, Siana embodies hope as if helping her could rescue her son.But everything changes when the doctor discovers the hideous truth that connects her to Siana.House of Milk and Cheese is the poignant yet heartwarming story of a young woman whose pursuit of overcoming her demons makes for a nail-biting drama as she realizes . . . To seek redemption is to pursue the impossible dream.