![]() Desperate to act, Sashi accepts K’s invitation to work as a medic at a field hospital for the militant Tamil Tigers, who, following years of state discrimination and violence, are fighting for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority. But over the next decade, a vicious civil war tears through her home, and her dream spins off course as she sees her four beloved brothers and their friend K swept up in the mounting violence. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. ![]() “An achingly moving portrait of a world full of turmoil, but one in which human connections and shared stories can teach us how-and as importantly, why-to survive.”-Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere ![]() A courageous young Sri Lankan woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor in this “heartbreaking exploration of a family fractured by civil war” (Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half). ![]()
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