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Penguin presents the extraordinary “The Bones of Grace” by Tahmima Anam

PRESS RELEASE

“Anam’s fluent prose and sharp insights are at their best when the narrative strays . . . into the surreal ways in which faith and love work – and sometimes fail”
NEW YORKER

“A novel of heart, brain, and muscle – the competing pulls of history and love are evoked here with a rare honesty, and great skill”
KAMILA SHAMSIE

The final part of the award-winning Bengal trilogy.

Tahmima Anam’s ‘The Bones of Grace’ is a poignant and heart-rending story of love, loss and longing.

Penguin presents
the extraordinary

The Bones of Grace
by
Tahmima Anam

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About the Book:
On the eve of her departure to find the bones of the walking whale—the fossil that provides a missing link in our evolution—Zubaida Haque falls in love with Elijah Strong, a man she meets in a darkened concert hall in Boston. Their connection is immediate and intense, despite their differences: Elijah belongs to a prototypical American family; Zubaida is the adopted daughter of a wealthy Bangladeshi family in Dhaka. When a twist of fate sends her back to her home town, the inevitable force of society compels her to take a very different path: she marries her childhood best friend and settles into a traditional Bangladeshi life.

In a bid to escape familial constraints, she moves to Chittagong to help make a documentary film about the infamous shipbreaking beaches, where ships are destroyed and their parts put up for sale. Here she meets Anwar, a shipbreaker whose story holds a key that unlocks for Zubaida not only the mysteries of her past, but also the possibilities of a new life. In the shadow of a ship being torn down to its bones, Zubaida will make a choice from which she can never turn back.

About the Author:
Tahmima Anam is an anthropologist and novelist. Her debut novel, A Golden Age, won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. In 2013, she was named one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. She is a Contributing Opinion Writer for the New York Times and a judge for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, she was educated at Mount Holyoke College and Harvard University, and now lives in Hackney, East London.

For more details please write to vtanwar@penguinrandomhouse.in or call Varun at +91-9910201553

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