Bone & Bread
Saleema Nawaz
3.56 · 16 ratings · Published: 26 Feb 2013
When we first meet the adult Beena, she is grappling with a fresh grief: Sadhana has died suddenly and strangely, her body lying undiscovered for a week before anyone realizes what has happened. Beena is left with a burden of guilt and an unsettled feeling about the circumstances of her sister's death, which she sets about to uncover. Her search stirs memories and opens wounds, threatening to undo the safe, orderly existence she has painstakingly created for herself and her son.
Heralded across Canada for the power and promise of her debut collection, Mother Superior, Nawaz proves with Bone and Bread that she is one of our most talented and unique storytellers.
- contemporary 3
- literary fiction 3
- family 3
- protagonists of colour 2
- lgbtq+ 2
- realistic 1
- female mc 1
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- mental illness 2
- format - reader age
- young adult 1
- book 1