Mother Ocean Father Nation
Thank you Ecco Books and Bibliolifestyle for this gifted copy.
Happy Friday!! I have a new debut book that just came out last week to share with yโall, and itโs one Iโm looking forward to reading soon.
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป is riveting, tender debut novel, following a brother and sister whose paths divergeโone forced to leave, one left behindโin the wake of a nationalist coup in the South Pacific.
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: 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 islandโs 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 familyโthe 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 fatherโs 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 islandโs escalating volatility.
Spanning from the lush terrain of the South Pacific to the golden hills of San Francisco, Mother Ocean Father Nation is an entrancing debut about how one family, at the mercy of a nation broken by legacies of power and oppression, forges a path to find a home once again.