Saraswathie is living in the active war zone of Sri Lanka, and hopes to become a teacher. But Yasodhara's life has already become intertwined with a young Tamil girl's Yasodhara's family escapes to Los Angeles. As a child in idyllic Colombo, Yasodhara's and her siblings' lives are shaped by social hierarchies, their parents' ambitions, teenage love and, subtly, the differences between the Tamil and Sinhala peoplebut this peace is shattered by the tragedies of war. Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything they could ask for.
A stunning literary debut of two young women on opposing sides of the devastating Sri Lankan Civil Warwinner of the Commonwealth Book Prize for Asia, longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prizeīefore violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families.
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