
In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her loveless marriage to join an as hr am, endured a brief stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her af fluent parents), and spent years chasing after a dishevelled, homeless 'artist' - all with her young child in tow. Now she is for get ting things, mixing up her maid's wages and leaving the gas on all night, and her grown-up daughter is faced with the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her.
This is a love story and a story abo ut betrayal. But not between lovers - between mother and daughter. Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Burnt Sugar unpicks the slippery cords of memory and myth that bind two women together, and h old them apart.
Avni Doshi was born in New Jersey in 1 982 and is currently based in Dubai. She won the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize in 2013 and a Charles Pick Fellowship at the University of East Anglia in 2014. Her debut novel is published in India by Fourth Estate under the title Girl in White Cotton.
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