A History of Burning
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One family's search for a better life: an immersive, kaleidoscopic
debut for fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, Homegoing and Pachinko'Vast
and intricate, alight with love and contained fury, A History of
Burning is a towering debut by a phenomenal writer. A book I want
to press into readers' hands and discuss for hours' Megha Majumdar,
author of A BURNINGIndia, 1898. Pirbhai is thirteen when he steps
into a dhow on the vague promise of work, his family is suffering
and he will do anything to help.The boat takes him to labour for
the British on the East Africa railway. 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 Pirbhai walks into her father's shop,
weathered but not broken from his time on the railway, she knows he
is part of her future.Together they set out for a new life in
Uganda.So begins the story of their family. Parents, children and
grandchildren will scatter across the world, fleeing the brutality
of Idi Amin, forging new lives 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.
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Vintage ,
Janika Oza
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