A History of Burning

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Call Number: Fiction / Oza, Janika, Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Oza, Janika
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Oza, Janika	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Oza, Janika	4-week checkout	Due 05-11-2024

"At the turn of the twentieth century, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labor on the East African Railway for the British. One day Pirbhai commits an act to ensure his survival that will haunt him forever and reverberate across his family's future for years to come. Pirbhai's children are born and raised under the jacaranda trees and searing sun of Kampala during the waning days of British colonial rule. As Uganda moves towards independence and military dictatorship, Pirbhai's granddaughters, Latika, Mayuri, and Kiya, are three sisters coming of age in a divided nation. As they each forge their own path for a future, they must carry the silence of the history they've inherited. In 1972, under Idi Amin's brutal regime and the South Asian expulsion, the family has no choice but to flee, and in the chaos, they leave something devastating behind. As Pirbhai's grandchildren, scattered across the world, find their way back to each other in exile in Toronto, a letter arrives that stokes the flames of the fire that haunts the family. It makes each generation question how far they are willing to go, and who they are willing to defy to secure their own place in the world. A History of Burning is an unforgettable tour de force, an intimate family saga of complicity and resistance, about the stories we share, the ones that remain unspoken, and the eternal search for home"-- Provided by publisher.

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Fabulous intergenerational epic. submitted by po_emfan on July 7, 2023, 1:34pm Beautiful writing; a fabulous tale of intergenerational diaspora, love, and grief.