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Mishal Husain
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HarperCollins Publishers
'I witnessed the dwindling glow of the British Empire. I saw small men entrusted with great jobs, playing with the destiny of millions'
Mishal Husain always knew that the lives of her four grandparents changed forever in 1947, as the new nation states of India and Pakistan were born. But what she had was a partial story, a patchwork of memories and anecdotes: hurried departures, lucky escapes from violence and homes never seen again.
Decades later, the fragment of an old sari sent her on a journey through time using letters, diaries, memoirs and audio tapes to trace four lives shaped by the Raj, a world war, independence and partition.
Mumtaz rejects the marriage arranged for him as he forges a life with Mary, a devout Catholic from a struggling Anglo-Indian family, while Tahirah and Shahid watch the politics of pre-partition Delhi unfold at close quarters. As freedom comes, bonds fray and communities are divided, leaving two couples to forge new identities, while never forgetting the shared heritage of the past.
'This book feels like vital historyOne of the best memoirs I've read in years' SATHNAM SANGHERA, author of Empireland and Empireworld
For fans of Philippa Perry (Couch Fiction), Marshall Goldsmith (Becoming Coachable), Sally Helgesen (Rising Together), Viv Groskop (Happy High Status), and Nora Ephron (Nora Ephron).
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