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'Few novels are life-changing; this one just might be' Daily Mail
Leaving home is one thing. Surviving is another. 1940s Lahore, the
Punjab. Two brothers and their two younger sisters are brought up
to be 'good children', who do what they're told. Beaten and
browbeaten by their manipulative mother, to study, honour and obey.
Sully, damaged and brilliant, Jakie, irreverent and passionate.
Cynical Mae and soft-hearted Lana, outshone and too easily
dismissed. The boys escape their repressive home to study medicine
abroad, abandoning their sisters to their mother and marriages.
Sully falls in love with an unsuitable Indian girl in the States;
Jakie with an unsuitable white man in London. Their sisters in
Pakistan refuse to remain trophy wives, and disgrace the family
while they strike out to build their own lives. As they raise their
own families, and return to bury the dead, Sully and Jakie, Mae and
Lana, face the consequences of their decisions, and learn that
leaving home doesn't mean it will ever leave them. THE GOOD
CHILDREN is a compelling story of discipline and disobedience,
punishment and the pursuit of passion, following the children of a
game-changing generation and the ties that bind them across
cultures, continents and decades. Painful and sweet, tough and
surprising, it is a landmark epic of the South Asian immigrant
experience.
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Imprint: |
Tinder Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2014 |
Authors: |
Roopa Farooki
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Dimensions: |
233 x 155 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
416 |
Edition: |
Digital original |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7553-8343-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-7553-8343-5 |
Barcode: |
9780755383436 |
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