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THE PARTED EARTH
A cross between Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins and Tatiana De Rosnay's Sarah's Key, and for fans of , Anjali Enjeti's debut novel is a heartfelt and human portrait of the long shadow cast by India's partition - across three generations of women, and across continents.
The story begins in New Delhi in August 1947, as 16-year-old Deepa navigates the changing politics of her home, finding solace in messages of intricate origami from her secret boyfriend Amir. Soon Amir flees with his family to Pakistan and a tragedy forces Deepa to leave the subcontinent forever.
The story also begin 60 years later and half a world away, in Atlanta. Deepa's granddaughter Shan, recovering from a devastating miscarriage and the implosion of her marriage, starts the search for her estranged grandmother, a prickly woman who had no interest in knowing her. When she begins to piece together her family history, Shan discovers how little she actually knows about her past.
The Parted Earth follows its entrancing characters on their search for identity after loss uproots their lives and it so powerfully illustrates how it can often take a lifetime to find unity, and peace.
ANJALI ENJETI is an award-winning journalist, activist, and a well-known book critic. The Parted Earth is her debut novel. Anjali has written for the Washington Post, Newsday, The Nation, Longreads, The Georgia Review, Guernica, Al Jazeera, and The Paris Review. The book is part of the Cold Mountain Fund Series, in partnership with Charles Frazier and it's releasing during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
The story also begin 60 years later and half a world away, in Atlanta. Deepa's granddaughter Shan, recovering from a devastating miscarriage and the implosion of her marriage, starts the search for her estranged grandmother, a prickly woman who had no interest in knowing her. When she begins to piece together her family history, Shan discovers how little she actually knows about her past.
The Parted Earth follows its entrancing characters on their search for identity after loss uproots their lives and it so powerfully illustrates how it can often take a lifetime to find unity, and peace.
ANJALI ENJETI is an award-winning journalist, activist, and a well-known book critic. The Parted Earth is her debut novel. Anjali has written for the Washington Post, Newsday, The Nation, Longreads, The Georgia Review, Guernica, Al Jazeera, and The Paris Review. The book is part of the Cold Mountain Fund Series, in partnership with Charles Frazier and it's releasing during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
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Published 2021-05-01 by Hub City Press |