PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Janika Oza is the winner of the 2022 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction, and the 2020 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Award. Her stories and essays have appeared in publications including The Best Small Fictions- 2019 Anthology and Catapult. She lives in Toronto. Website- janikaoza.com Twitter- @JanikaOza Instagram- @o.janika
"An ambitious, powerful read, it will transport you through time and across the globe, with a story that you won't forget * Glamour, *Best Books for May* * In intimate domestic scenes and scenes of societies in turmoil, [Oza] displays a sure-handed ability to write at both small and large scale and to portray with deep sympathy the universal human desire to find ""a little place to simply exist, freely, and with dignity."" An ambitious family drama skilfully explores the bonds of kinship and the yearning for peace and security * Kirkus (starred review) * [An] impressive debut * Publisher's Weekly * This striking epic combines powerful characters of different generations, compelling storytelling, dramatic settings and conflicts, and thoughtful explorations of displacement and belonging, family ties, citizenship, loyalty, loss, and resilience * Booklist (starred review) * A riveting testament to home, exile, survival, and inheritance -- Lisa Ko, author of THE LEAVERS"
