Synopses & Reviews
In the idyllic hill country of Sri Lanka, a young girl grows up with
her loving family; but even in the midst of this paradise, terror lurks
in the shadows. When tragedy strikes, she and her mother must seek
safety by immigrating to America. There the girl reinvents herself as an
American teenager to survive, with the help of her cousin; but even as
she assimilates and thrives, the secrets and scars of her past follow
her into adulthood. In this new country of freedom, everything she has
built begins to crumble around her, and her hold on reality becomes more
and more tenuous. When the past and the present collide, she sees only
one terrible choice.
From Nayomi Munaweera, the award-winning author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors, comes the confession of a woman, driven by the demons of her past to commit a single and possibly unforgivable crime.
About the Author
Nayomi Munaweera was born in Sri Lanka, and grew up in Nigeria. She
emigrated with her family to the United States in her early teens, and
now lives in Oakland, CA. Her first novel Island of a Thousand Mirrors won the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize for the Asian Region and was longlisted for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize.