Amma
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- Paperback published on 11/04/2024
- Page count: 320 pages
- ISBN: 9781739260149
Quick take
In 1951 Singapore, ten-year-old Josephina kills her abuser, impacting generations to come. Her granddaughter Annie travels the world to uncover their family's fractured past. Amma is a vivid, sensuous novel about the enduring influence of history on the Sri Lankan diaspora and one family's search for peace.
Synopsis
1951, Singapore. Ten-year-old Josephina kills her abuser. This event becomes the defining moment in the lives of Josephina, her daughter Sithara, and her granddaughter Annie.
The effects cascade through generations as Annie sets out across the world to discover what happened to fracture her family. Set in Sri Lanka, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and London, Amma is a novel about how the past lives with us forever, and wherever we are. Written in sensuous, vivid prose, Amma is a story of the rich history and unknown future of the Sri Lankan diaspora - and of one family desperately trying to find peace.
About the author
Saraid de Silva is a fiction writer and a journalist based in Auckland.
Her work appears in A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand (AUP, 2021). In 2021, Saraid won the inaugural Crystal Arts Trust Prize, the largest creative writing prize at any New Zealand University. Her debut novel, Amma is a story about how the past lives with us forever, and wherever we are. It was published in Australia and New Zealand by Hachette Aotearoa in March, and in the UK this April with Weatherglass Books.
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