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In 1929 young bride Mehar struggles with her family’s expectations whilst seventy years later her great-grandson discovers what her story can teach him about his own path.

'A gorgeous, gripping read' Kamila Shamsie
'A multi-generational masterpiece' Daily Mail

Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law - married to three brothers in a single ceremony - spend their days hard at work on the family farm, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.

Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 flees from England to the deserted sun-scorched farm. Can a summer spent learning of love and of his family's past give him the strength for the journey home?

Readers love China Room
***** 'I didn't want it to end'
***** 'What. A. Book.'
***** 'Beautifully crafted...a story as old as time'
***** 'A novel of thwarted loves'

Shortlisted for the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize
Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize

'Amazing storytelling...gripping and very moving' BBC Radio 4, Open Book

'I'm blown away by it' Tessa Hadley

'Moving...fresh and nourishing' The Times

China Room: The heartstopping and beautiful novel, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 05/05/2022
    ISBN13: 9781784706364, 978-1784706364
    ISBN10: 1784706361

    Number of Pages: 256

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    In 1929 young bride Mehar struggles with her family’s expectations whilst seventy years later her great-grandson discovers what her story can teach him about his own path.

    'A gorgeous, gripping read' Kamila Shamsie
    'A multi-generational masterpiece' Daily Mail

    Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law - married to three brothers in a single ceremony - spend their days hard at work on the family farm, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.

    Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 flees from England to the deserted sun-scorched farm. Can a summer spent learning of love and of his family's past give him the strength for the journey home?

    Readers love China Room
    ***** 'I didn't want it to end'
    ***** 'What. A. Book.'
    ***** 'Beautifully crafted...a story as old as time'
    ***** 'A novel of thwarted loves'

    Shortlisted for the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize
    Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize

    'Amazing storytelling...gripping and very moving' BBC Radio 4, Open Book

    'I'm blown away by it' Tessa Hadley

    'Moving...fresh and nourishing' The Times

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