A History of Burning: The perfect summer read for fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, Homegoing and Pachinko
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- Synopsis
- THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA SARAH JESSICA PARKER BOOK OF THE YEARFour generations. Three sisters. One impossible choice.Tricked aboard a boat to East Africa, Pirbhai is only thirteen when he is forced by the British into labouring on the railway. Under sweltering heat, hungry and frightened, he commits a terrible act just to survive.He will never tell a soul, even when he meets Sonal, a fierce, loving woman with whom he starts a family in Uganda, in hope of a better life. But their granddaughters come of age in a divided nation.Finally forced to flee, the family scatters across the world. They take with them a steel pot, a handful of photos, and a secret – that one day, will help them find each other again.A History of Burning is a gorgeous family portrait of love, survival, inheritance - and the eternal search for home.One family's search for a better life, for fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, Homegoing and Pachinko'A remarkable debut . . . haunting, symphonic' New York Times'Vast and intricate, alight with love and contained fury . . . A book I want to press into readers' hands and discuss for hours' Megha Majumdar, author of A BURNINGShortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 400 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781529191714
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781784744809, 9781784744793, 9781529921830, 9781529193572
- Publisher:
- Random House
- Date of Addition:
- 04/23/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Janika Oza
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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