The painted ocean
Packard, Gabriel2016
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When I was a little girl, my dad left me and my mum, and he never came back. And you're supposed to be gutted when that happens. But secretly I preferred it without him, cos it meant I had my mum completely to myself, without having to share her with anyone. And I sort of inherited all the affection she used to give to my dad - like he'd left it behind for me as a gift, to say sorry for deserting me So says eleven year old Shruti of her broken home in suburban middle England. But hopes of her mother's affection are in vain: speaking little English, and fluent in only Hindi and Punjabi, Shruti's mother is lost, and soon falls prey to family pressure to remarry. To find another husband means returning to India and leaving Shruti behind.
Main title:
The painted ocean / Gabriel Packard.
Author:
Packard, Gabriel, author
Imprint:
London : Corsair, 2016.
Collation:
408 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781472151148 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6AF
LC class:
PR6116
Local class:
FTF
Language:
English
BRN:
1113000