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Also by Preeta Samarasan:

Tale of the Dreamer's Son, November 2022
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Evening Is the Whole Day, May 2009
Paperback

EVENING IS THE WHOLE DAY
By: Preeta Samarasan

Mariner Books
May 2009
On Sale: May 12, 2009
352 pages
ISBN: 0547237898
EAN: 9780547237893
Paperback
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When the Rajasekharan family’s rubber-plantation servant girl is dismissed for unnamed crimes, it is only the latest in a series of precipitous losses that have shaken six-year-old Aasha’s life. In the space of several weeks her grandmother passed away under mysterious circumstances, and Uma, her older sister, left for Columbia University, forever. Aasha is left stranded in a family, and a country, slowly going to pieces.

Circling through years of family history to arrive at the moment of Uma’s departure, Evening is the Whole Day illuminates in heartbreaking detail one Indian immigrant family’s layers of secrets and lies, while exposing the complex underbelly of Malaysia itself. Sweeping in scope, exuberantly lyrical and masterfully constructed, Preeta Samarasan's debut is a mesmerizing and vital achievement, perfect as a reading group selection, and sure to earn her a place alongside Arundhati Roy and Zadie Smith.

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