{"product_id":"9781529921830","title":"A History of Burning : The perfect summer read for fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, Homegoing and Pachinko","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Oza, Janika \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 May 2024 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 128 x 22 | 278g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA SARAH JESSICA PARKER BOOK OF THE YEARFour generations. Three sisters. One impossible choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTricked 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA History of Burning is a gorgeous family portrait of love, survival, inheritance - and the eternal search for home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48401449419076,"sku":"9781529921830","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/743711ce59c673860944a476d2483627.png?v=1752767649","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.pro\/products\/9781529921830","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}