Island of A Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera Fiction endearing and sparkling with wit

endearing and sparkling with wit

This is a book for dreamers

is now her charge—she wants to keep it

Hired as a male escort

timetables and consumerism

Island of A Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera Fiction endearing and sparkling with witStraddling opposite sides of the long and brutal civil war in Sri Lanka, two girls one Sinhala, the other Tamil navigate their histories, sibling rivalries and adolescent heartbreaks, the burdens of exile and belonging, and the harsh demands of survival. Written in stirring prose that evokes the beauty of the island country and the bloodshed that has destroyed it, Nayomi Munaweeras debut novel is a haunting tale of lives distorted by terrible violence.