Girls Burn Brighter
$26.36
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2019
Summary
‘A treat for Ferrante fans, exploring the bonds of friendship and how female ambition beats against the strictures of poverty and patriarchal societies’ - Huffington Post
An electrifying debut novel - the story of the unbreakable bond between two girls driven apart, and their journeys across continents to find each other again.
Poornima and Savitha, born in poverty, have known little kindness in their lives until they meet as teenagers. When an act of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349006840 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349006849 |
| Author: | Shobha Rao |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Fleet |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 289g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 28mm |
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‘Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao blew my heart up. Heart-shards everywhere. I am in awe of the warmth and humanity in this book, even as it explores some incredibly dark places. I’m going to be thinking about Girls Burn Brighter for a while, and you’re going to be hearing a lot about it’
A searing portrait of what feminism looks like in much of the world - VogueShobha Rao writes cleanly and eloquently about women who, without their brightness, might have been left to die in their beds. She writes them into life, into existence, into the light of day - Los Angeles TimesRao evokes the landscape of poverty with great skill … this is a timely portrayal of human traffi cking, cultural misogyny and the battles still fought every day by millions of women worldwide - ObserverAbout The Author
Shobha Rao
Shobha Rao moved from India to the USA at the age of seven. She won the 2014 Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction and is the recipient of the Elizabeth George Foundation fellowship. Her work has been published in numerous literary journals, including Tincture, PMS (poemmemoirstory), Nimrod and WaterStone Review. She lives in San Francisco.
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