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Fragile Monsters (Paperback)
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***ONE OF TELEGRAPH'S BEST NOVELS OF 2021*** ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE
AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2022*** 'Supple, artful,
skilful storytelling - it takes an immediate grip on the reader's
imagination and doesn't let go' HILARY MANTEL
______________________________________________ Mary is a difficult
grandmother for Durga to love. She is sharp-tongued and ferocious,
with more demons than there are lines on her palms. When Durga
visits her in rural Malaysia, she only wants to endure Mary, and
the dark memories home brings, for as long as it takes to escape.
But a reckoning is coming. Stuck together in the rising heat, both
women must untangle the truth from the myth of their family's past.
What happened to Durga's mother after she gave birth? Why did so
many of their family members disappear during the war? And who is
to blame for the childhood tragedy that haunts her to this day? In
her stunning debut novel Catherine Menon traces one family's story
from 1920 to the present, unravelling a thrilling tale of love,
betrayal and redemption against the backdrop of natural disasters
and fallen empires. Written in vivid technicolour, with an electric
daughter-grandmother relationship at its heart, Fragile Monsters
explores what happens when secrets fester through the generations.
As they will learn, in a place ravaged by floods, it is only a
matter of time before the bones of the past emerge.
______________________________________________ 'A brilliant novel
about homecoming and the layered, unstable past that haunts and
hurts . . . I admire it enormously' Colm Toibin 'A propulsive debut
scattered with gems of fresh and surprising imagery' Preti Taneja
'A beautiful, richly textured absorbing read. I was utterly
transported' Irenosen Okojie
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