5/11/2023 0 Comments Brotherless night book![]() Ganeshananthan brings us an achingly moving portrait of individual and societal grief. "With immense compassion and deep moral complexity, V. Desperate to act, she must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm? But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war tears through her hometown of Jaffna, her dream takes her on a different path as she sees those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their friend, get swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. I couldn't put this book down' BRIT BENNETT, bestselling author of THE VANISHING HALF ![]() This beautiful, nuanced novel follows a young doctor caught within conflicting ideologies as she tries to save lives. ![]() ![]() The book is the product of over a decade of research into the Sri Lankan civil war, which saw Ganeshananthan poring over written accounts, unearthing old photographs, and speaking to those who had lived through it first-hand. 'A heartbreaking exploration of a family fractured by civil war. Interestingly Thiranagama’s sister, Nirmala Rajasingam, narrates the audiobook for Brotherless Night. ![]()
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