A History of Burning: The perfect summer read for fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, Homegoing and Pachinko

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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:
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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