Burnt Sugar: The Booker Prize-shortlisted novel

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Burnt Sugar: The Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Doshi, Avni Summary “I would be lying if I say my mother’s misery has never given me pleasure," says Antara, Tara’s now-adult daught er.This is a love story and a story about betrayal—not between lovers but between a mother and a daughter. “I would be lying if I say my mother’s misery has never given me pleasure," says Antara, Tara’s now-adult daughter.This is a love story and a story about betrayal—not between lovers but between a mother and a daughter. . . . In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to join an ashram, embarked on a stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing a disheveled, homeless “artist,” all with little Antara in tow.But now Tara is forgetting things, and Antara is an adult—an artist and married—and must search for a way to make peace with a past that haunts her as she confronts the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her.Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Burnt Sugar unpicks the slippery, choking cord of memory and myth that binds mother and daughter: Is Tara’s memory loss real? Are Antara’s memories fair? In vivid and visceral prose, Avni Doshi tells a story at once shocking and empathetic of a mother-daughter relationship and a daughter’s search for self. A journey into shifting memories, altering identities, and the subjective nature of truth, Burnt Sugar is the stunning and unforgettable debut of a major new voice in contemporary fiction. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 240 pages · Paperback By Doshi, Avni Details ISBN: 9780241989142 Author: Doshi, Avni Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Language: English Publication date: 3 June 2021 Condition: New About the authors Doshi, Avni and Avni Doshi · Publisher: Penguin Books Limited More about this book Reviews This is a poisoned love story. But not between lovers - between mother and daughter. Show more