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A HISTORY OF BURNING - JANIKA OZA KARTONIERT (TB)

FOUR GENERATIONS. THREE SISTERS. ONE DIVIDED NATION.'A remarkable debut . . . haunting 
symphonic' New York Times India  1898. Pirbhai is thirteen when he steps into a dhow on the
vague promise of work. The voyage is long. He has no money  no voice  no power -- and will make
impossible choices in the name of survival. Sonal is fierce and loving  always willing to fight
for what she believes in. When a young man called Pirbhai walks into her father's shop in Kenya
she knows he is part of her future. Together they set out for a new life in Uganda. Their
granddaughters  three sisters  come of age in a divided nation. Latika falls headlong into the
student protest movement. Mayuri's ambitions will take her far from home. And fearless Kiya
will have to carry the weight of her family's past. Finally  parents  children and
grandchildren will scatter across the world  fleeing the brutality of Idi Amin  forging new
paths in London  marching for equality in 1990s Canada  searching for a safe mooring. But under
everything lies a secret. And one day  a letter arrives that will fan its embers into a flame.
Read one family's search for a better life in this immersive  kaleidoscopic debut for fans of
Half of a Yellow Sun  Homegoing and Pachinko '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 BURNING

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