{"product_id":"burnt-sugar-by-avni-doshi","title":"Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, Avni Doshi’s \u003ci\u003eBurnt Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing literary debut novel set in India about mothers and daughters, obsession, and betrayal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR Best Book of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Pen America Literary Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I would be lying if I say my mother’s misery has never given me pleasure,” says Antara, Tara’s now-adult daughter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her marriage to join an ashram, and while Tara is busy as a partner to the ashram’s spiritual leader, Baba, little Antara is cared for by an older devotee, Kali Mata, an American who came to the ashram after a devastating loss. Tara also embarks on a stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents) and spends years chasing a disheveled, homeless artist, all with young Antara in tow. But now Tara is forgetting things, and Antara is an adult––an artist and married––and must search for a way to make peace with a past that haunts her as she confronts the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurnt Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e unpicks the slippery, choking cord of memory and myth that binds mother and daughter. Is Tara’s memory loss real? Are Antara’s memories fair? In vivid and visceral prose, Tibor Jones South Asia Prize–winning writer Avni Doshi tells a story, at once shocking and empathetic, about love and betrayal between a mother and a daughter. A journey into shifting memories, altering identities, and the subjective nature of truth, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurnt Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a stunning and unforgettable debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47242002596009,"sku":"9781419752926","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/3470\/8393\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-03at3.44.34PM.png?v=1783107994","url":"https:\/\/steamylitbookstore.com\/products\/burnt-sugar-by-avni-doshi","provider":"Steamy Lit Romance Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}