Burnt Sugar

Name: Burnt Sugar
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241989142
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020

By Avni Doshi

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Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi explores the complex and tumultuous relationship between a daughter and her mother, weaving through themes of memory, identity, and resentment. The narrative captures the daughter's struggle as she grapples with her mother's failing health and the haunting past that intertwines their lives. It's a vivid portrayal of family dynamics and the enduring scars they leave.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring complex family dynamics and the intricacies of the mother-daughter relationship. It offers a poignant and introspective look into memory, identity, and the emotional scars we inherit, wrapped in beautifully crafted prose. If you are drawn to rich character studies and themes of love, resentment, and redemption, this narrative is likely to resonate with you.

Burnt Sugar

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A searing and addictive literary debut about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal.

In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to join an ashram, took a hapless artist for a lover, and rebelled against every social expectation of a good Indian woman—all with her young child in tow. Years on, she is an old woman with a fading memory, mixing up her maid's wages and leaving the gas on all night. Her grown-up daughter is faced with the task of caring for a mother who never seemed to care for her.

This is a poisoned love story. But not between lovers—between mother and daughter. Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Burnt Sugar gradually untangles the knot of memory and myth that bind two women together, revealing the truth that lies beneath.

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Burnt Sugar, Avni Doshi's debut, is lauded as an unsettling yet darkly humorous exploration of a fractured mother-daughter relationship. The novel's crisp, engaging prose weaves a tale that balances pain and beauty, compelling readers to reflect on themes of family, memory, and self-identity. With a narrative that bristles with wit and sharp insights, the book has been described as daring, emotionally raw, and impossible to put down.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241989142

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 170g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Avni Doshi was born in New Jersey in 1982 and is currently based in Dubai. She won the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize in 2013 and a Charles Pick Fellowship at the University of East Anglia in 2014. Her debut novel, Burnt Sugar, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020. The novel is published in India as Girl in White Cotton, where it won the Sushila Devi Award 2021.