SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021
WINNER OF THE SUSHILA DEVI AWARD 2021 NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2021 A searing
debut novel about mothers and daughters obsession and betrayal - for fans of Jenny Offill
Deborah Levy Rachel Cusk and Diana Evans ' Beautifully written emotionally wrenching and
poignant in equal measure ' The Booker Prize Judges 2020 'An unsettling sinewy debut
startling in its venom and disarming in its humour from the very first sentence' Guardian 'I
would be lying if I said my mother's misery has never given me pleasure.' This is a tale of
obsession and betrayal. This is a poisoned love story. But not between lovers - between mother
and daughter. Tara and Antara a woman and her angry shadow. But which one is which? Sharp
as a blade and compulsively readable Burnt Sugar slowly untangles the knot of memory and
rumour that binds two women together revealing the truth that lies beneath. 'A work of
extraordinary insight courage and sophistication' Washington Post 'Arresting and fiercely
intelligent disarmingly witty and frank' Sunday Times 'A sly slippery often heartbreaking
novel about the role memory plays within families' Stylist 'Extraordinary... Come for the
effortlessly stylish writing stay for the boiling wrath' Observer
