**" Spellbinding . . . . Anam has written a story about powerful events. But it is her descriptions of the small, unheralded moments . . . that truly touch the heart." --_San Francisco Chronicle_** **Tahmima Anam 's deeply moving debut novel about a mother's all-consuming love for her two children,
A Golden Age
β Scribed by Anam, Tahmima
- Book ID
- 108868847
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 388 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780061570087
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β¦ Synopsis
Rehana Haque, a young widow, blissfully prepares for the party she will host for her son and daughter. But this is 1971 in East Pakistan, and change is in the air.
Set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh War of Independence, A Golden Age is a story of passion and revolution; of hope, faith, and unexpected heroism in the midst of chaosβand of one woman's heartbreaking struggle to keep her family safe.
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