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008			221104s2023 nyu e 000 f eng
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020			_a9781538724248 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1538724243 _q(hardcover)
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092			_aOZA, _bJANIKA
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aOza, Janika, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA history of burning / _cJanika Oza.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bGrand Central Publishing, _c2023.
300			_a393 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aForced migration _zUganda _vFiction.
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _93570
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 _vFiction. _980896
650		0	_aEmigration and immigration _vFiction. _943635
650		0	_aFamily secrets _vFiction. _989597
650		0	_aHome _vFiction. _963232
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
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