Belonging - Softcover

Umi Sinha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908434740 ISBN 13: 9781908434746

Publisher: Myriad Editions, 2015

Synopsis

Set during the years of the British Raj, Umi Sinha's unforgettable debut novel is a compelling and finely wrought epic of love and loss, race and ethnicity, homeland - and belonging.

Lila Langdon is twelve years old when she witnesses a family tragedy after her mother unveils her father's surprise birthday present - a tragedy that ends her childhood in India and precipitates a new life in Sussex with her Great-aunt Wilhelmina.

From the darkest days of the British Raj through to the aftermath of the First World War, BELONGING tells the interwoven story of three generations and their struggles to understand and free themselves from a troubled history steeped in colonial violence. It is a novel of secrets that unwind through Lila's story, through her grandmother's letters home from India and the diaries kept by her father, Henry, as he puzzles over the enigma of his birth and his stormy marriage to the mysterious Rebecca.

BELONGING has been longlisted for the Historical Writers Association Goldbsoro Debut Crown 2016 and shortlisted for the Authors Club Best First Novel Award 2016.

About this title

About the Author

Umi Sinha has an MA in Creative Writing and taught at the University of Sussex for ten years. She teaches creative writing classes and workshops, runs a performance storytelling club, and offers a mentoring and manuscript appraisal service for writers called Writing Clinic. She is also a trained mediator and trustee at her local community centre. She has had short stories published, including in Cosmopolitan magazine and in a Serpent Tail's anthology. She was born and grew up in Mumbai (then Bombay) before moving to the UK, and now lives in Newhaven. Belonging is her first novel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Myriad Editions
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908434740
• ISBN 13: 9781908434746
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320