by V.V. Ganeshananthan
Penguin Random House
This is a difficult, wrenching book about Sri Lanka and the horrible war that went on for decades. In 2009, the Sri Lanka government declared victory over the Tamil fighters, but the country is still not peaceful.
We follow Sashi and her family from 1981 through the worst years of the war that came to involve the Sri Lankan government, the Tamil resistance fighters and the Indian "peacekeeping" forces. It is a story of the horrors of war but also of familial love and hope. It is a moving and important book.
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