Sugarbread - Softcover

Jaswal, Balli Kaur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1912098660 ISBN 13: 9781912098668

Publisher: Epigram Books, 2017

Synopsis

Subtly raising important issues such as racism, religion, identity, class and patriarchy, Jaswal's second novel sensitively portrays Singaporean life through the eyes of a child. Pin must not become like her mother, but nobody will tell her why. She seeks clues in Ma's cooking when she's not fighting other battles - being a bursary girl at an elite school and facing racial taunts from the bus uncle. Then her meddlesome grandmother moves in, installing a portrait of a watchful Sikh guru and a new set of house rules. Old secrets begin to surface, but can Pin handle learning the truth?

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About the Author

Born in Singapore and raised in Japan, Russia and the Philippines, Jaswal studied creative writing in the United States. She has received writing fellowships from the University of East Anglia and Nanyang Technological University, and was named Best Young Australian Novelist of 2014 by the Sydney Morning Herald. Inheritance, her first novel, was published in May 2017 by Epigram Books UK. Her third novel, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, was published in March 2017 by HarperCollins.

Edition details

• Publisher: Epigram Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1912098660
• ISBN 13: 9781912098668
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320