THE SALTIRE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
A GUARDIAN'S BEST MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY OF 2022
This book is about two unlikely friends. One born in 1970s Britain to Indian immigrant parents, the other arrived from Nazi Germany in 1939, fleeing persecution.
This book is about common ground. It is a story of migration, anti-Semitism, racism, family, belonging, grief and resilience.
This book is about the past and the present. It is about the state we're in now and the ways in which we carry our pasts into our futures.
This book is about homelands.
ISBN: | 9781838852665 |
Publication date: | 21st April 2022 |
Author: | Chitra Ramaswamy |
Publisher: | Canongate an imprint of Canongate Books |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 352 pages |
Genres: |
Memoirs The Holocaust Social discrimination and social justice Refugees and political asylum Social and cultural history |