Fine Family is a mystery novel by author Gurcharan Das. Extraordinary book, rich in passion and incident, about a Punjabi family cut off from existence settling in Lyallpur by the violence of the Partition and forced to flee to India. Everything is lost in the transition, when a son is born into the family, hopes revive to rebuild the fortunes of the family, efforts towards mirroring India itself as it struggle to rebuild themselves.

The story of three generations of a family in a changing world. A prominent lawyer in Lyallpur than India, now Pakistan is drawn into the upheveal that comes with the creation of a new nation. Even more his daughter, Tara, who prefers to work as a schoolteacher, not quite the profession of a member of an upper class family. When India gains independence from Britain in 1947 Lyallpur becomes part of the new Muslim country of Pakistan. This family and millions of non-Muslim Indians must emigrate and adapt to a complete change in lifestyle.
Can this story, so typical for the 20th century come to a happy end? Find out for yourself.