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The Wild Wind (Out of print)
| AUTHOR | Kalayil, Sheena |
| PUBLISHER | Polygon (08/06/2019) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Mass Market Paperbound) |
Description
Featured on the Guardian's 'NOT THE BOOKER LONGLIST, 2019'
Vanish to a different land with Sissy Olikara. Sissy is twelve years old, living with her parents and baby brother on a school campus outside Lusaka. It is 1978, and the political situation in Zambia is becoming volatile. The family enjoy a gentle life until, suddenly, Sissy's father leaves and returns to India.
His departure brings about a chain of events which force Sissy into the adult world and have profound, long-lasting consequences.
Moving back and forth in time as the adult Sissy reflects on her childhood, The Wild Wind is a haunting, absorbing coming-of-age tale of lost loves and lost innocence - one that takes readers on a journey into a young woman's past and its repercussions on her future.
Vanish to a different land with Sissy Olikara. Sissy is twelve years old, living with her parents and baby brother on a school campus outside Lusaka. It is 1978, and the political situation in Zambia is becoming volatile. The family enjoy a gentle life until, suddenly, Sissy's father leaves and returns to India.
His departure brings about a chain of events which force Sissy into the adult world and have profound, long-lasting consequences.
Moving back and forth in time as the adult Sissy reflects on her childhood, The Wild Wind is a haunting, absorbing coming-of-age tale of lost loves and lost innocence - one that takes readers on a journey into a young woman's past and its repercussions on her future.
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ISBN-13:
9781846974915
ISBN-10:
1846974917
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Mass Market (Rack) Paperback)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
256
Carton Quantity:
0
Country of Origin:
GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Fiction | Women
Fiction | Literary
Dewey Decimal:
823.92
Library of Congress Control Number:
2019410198
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Featured on the Guardian's 'NOT THE BOOKER LONGLIST, 2019'
Vanish to a different land with Sissy Olikara. Sissy is twelve years old, living with her parents and baby brother on a school campus outside Lusaka. It is 1978, and the political situation in Zambia is becoming volatile. The family enjoy a gentle life until, suddenly, Sissy's father leaves and returns to India.
His departure brings about a chain of events which force Sissy into the adult world and have profound, long-lasting consequences.
Moving back and forth in time as the adult Sissy reflects on her childhood, The Wild Wind is a haunting, absorbing coming-of-age tale of lost loves and lost innocence - one that takes readers on a journey into a young woman's past and its repercussions on her future.
Vanish to a different land with Sissy Olikara. Sissy is twelve years old, living with her parents and baby brother on a school campus outside Lusaka. It is 1978, and the political situation in Zambia is becoming volatile. The family enjoy a gentle life until, suddenly, Sissy's father leaves and returns to India.
His departure brings about a chain of events which force Sissy into the adult world and have profound, long-lasting consequences.
Moving back and forth in time as the adult Sissy reflects on her childhood, The Wild Wind is a haunting, absorbing coming-of-age tale of lost loves and lost innocence - one that takes readers on a journey into a young woman's past and its repercussions on her future.
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