SUMMARY
Winner of the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Winner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. 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. Desperate to act, she must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm?
ISBN: 9780241997673