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020			_a9781526653468
037			_cPurchased _nMathrubhumi Books,Kaloor
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bGUR/DO
100			_aGurnah,Abdulrazak.
245			_aDOTTIE
250			_a1
260			_aLondon _bBloomsbury Publishing _c2021/01/01
300			_g405
500			_aBy the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural past Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour finds solace amidst the squalor of her childhood by spinning warm tales of affection about her beautiful names. But she knows nothing of their origins, and little of her family history – or the abuse her ancestors suffered as they made their home in Britain. At seventeen, she takes on the burden of responsibility for her brother and sister and is obsessed with keeping the family together. However, as Sophie, lumpen yet voluptuous, drifts away, and the confused Hudson is absorbed into the world of crime, Dottie is forced to consider her own needs. Building on her fragmented, tantalising memories, she begins to clear a path through life, gradually gathering the confidence to take risks, to forge friendships and to challenge the labels that have been forced upon her.
650			_aFiction
942			_cLEN
942			_2ddc
999			_c186276 _d186276