EAN: 9780063211780

MOTHER OCEAN FATHER NATION - NISHANT BATSHA GEB...

A riveting  tender debut novel  following a brother and sister whose paths diverge?one forced
to leave  one left behind?in the wake of a nationalist coup in the South Pacific On a small
Pacific island  a brother and sister tune in to a breaking news radio bulletin. It is 1985  and
an Indian grocer has just been attacked by nativists aligned with the recent military coup. Now
fear and shock are rippling through the island's deeply-rooted Indian community as racial
tensions rise to the brink. Bhumi hears this news from her locked-down dorm room in the capital
city. She is the ambitious  intellectual standout of the family?the one destined for success.
But when her friendship with the daughter of a prominent government official becomes a
liability  she must flee her unstable home for California. Jaipal feels like the unnoticed 
unremarkable sibling  always left to fend for himself. He is stuck working in the family store
avoiding their father's wrath  with nothing but his hidden desires to distract him. Desperate
for money and connection  he seizes a sudden opportunity to take his life into his own hands
for the first time. But his decision may leave him vulnerable to the island's escalating
volatility. Spanning from the lush terrain of the South Pacific to the golden hills of San
Francisco  Mother Ocean Father Nation is an entrancing debut about how one family  at the mercy
of a nation broken by legacies of power and oppression  forges a path to find a home once
again.

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