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Author:

Batsha, Nishant, author.

Title:

Mother ocean father nation : a novel / Nishant Batsha.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Eccoan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

329 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

East Indians--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Gay men--Fiction.
Oceania--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Summary:

"A riveting, tender debut novel, following a brother and sister whose paths diverge-one forced to leave, one left behind-in the wake of a nationalist coup in the South Pacific"-- Provided by publisher.
On a small Pacific island, a brother and sister tune in to a breaking news radio bulletin. It is 1985, and an Indian grocer has just been attacked by nativists aligned with the recent military coup. Now, fear and shock are rippling through the island's deeply-rooted Indian community as racial tensions rise to the brink. Bhumi hears this news from her locked-down dorm room in the capital city. She is the ambitious, intellectual standout of the family--the one destined for success. But when her friendship with the daughter of a prominent government official becomes a liability, she must flee her unstable home for California. Jaipal feels like the unnoticed, unremarkable sibling, always left to fend for himself. He is stuck working in the family store, avoiding their father's wrath, with nothing but his hidden desires to distract him. Desperate for money and connection, he seizes a sudden opportunity to take his life into his own hands for the first time. But his decision may leave him vulnerable to the island's escalating volatility.

ISBN:

0063211793
9780063211797
0063211785
9780063211780

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1267585136

LCCN:

2022004792

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)