Imprint: Corgi Childrens
Published: 06/05/2004
ISBN: 9780552548908
Length: 320 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 129mm
Weight: 224g
RRP: £7.99
A powerful and gripping novel that sweeps the reader from modern-day Britain to the Punjab in the 1960s and back again in a ceaseless cycle of tragedy and conflict.
1950s Punjab - a secret affair goes terribly wrong and the bride commits suicide after her lover is attacked by her family. The two families part in violence and conflict.
2004 Leicester - Rani and Sukh fall in love, unaware of the terrible legacy of the past and the conflict between their two families-Can tragedy be averted or will the two young people be able to escape the cycle of violence and draw the families together for the future?
Imprint: Corgi Childrens
Published: 06/05/2004
ISBN: 9780552548908
Length: 320 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 129mm
Weight: 224g
RRP: £7.99
Gritty, urban, streetwise story shot through acerbic wit and compassionate humour like letters through candy rock, empowering and investing hope in young people to create their own future while respecting their past
This bitter-sweet story hurtles towards its inevitable conclusion, which is both frustratingly honest and overwhelmingly powerful. It is a heart-wrenching love story that will exert its power over you long after the book is finished
Rai's snappily-written dialogue and stream-of-consciousness narrative create a vivid, fast-moving take on the Romeo & Juliet story
This is a novel which challenges assumptions abour race, gender roles and family loyalties
It is well executed with convincing dialogue, humour and lively and believable main characters acting as teenagers of today do