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When Mummy Had Cancer
Priyanka Pandya Bhatt
Harper Children’s, pp 32, Rs 399
This is a touching story about a family’s journey through a challenging time, told from a child’s perspective. Life is full of joy for the little girl, but everything changes when Mummy discovers she has cancer.
Refuge: Stories Of War (And Love)
Sunny Singh
HarperCollins, pp 208, Rs 499
Spanning both decades and continents, this book turns its lens on those who are often overlooked in war stories: women and children, civilians, and soldiers who commit unspeakable violence.
Boats In A Storm
Kalyani Ramnath
Context, pp 312, Rs 699
Drawing on archival materials from India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, London, and Singapore, the author shows how decolonisation was ultimately marked not only by shipwrecked empires but also by these forgotten stories of wartime displacements.
Immortal Consequences
I V Marie
HarperCollins, pp 464, Rs 400
Welcome to Blackwood Academy: a boarding school located on the fringes of the afterlife. No one knows why they end up at Blackwood, though...
The Dilemmas Of Working Women
Fumio Yamamoto and Brian Bergstrom (translator)
Hachette, pp 288, Rs 499
In this classic Japanese bestseller, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.