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Moth
- Narrated by: Ayesha Dharker
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Moth
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Publisher's Summary
Delhi, 1946. Ma and Bappu teach at the local university. Their fourteen-year-old daughter - precocious, headstrong Alma - is soon to be married: Alma is mostly interested in the wedding shoes and spinning wild stories for her little sister Roop.
Times are bad for girls in India: the long-awaited independence from British rule brings unrest that threatens to unravel the rich tapestry of Delhi. And when Partition happens overnight, Ma, Bappu, Alma and Roop are forced to find new and increasingly desperate ways to survive.
But the power of hope is an extraordinary thing...
Critic Reviews
"I was utterly transported by Moth. Melody Razak takes us right to the heart and the heat of Partition-era Delhi - a fracturing city, a fracturing nation and a family attempting to hold themselves together when everything threatens to tear them apart. A stunning, powerful work by a brave new voice in British fiction." (Anna Hope, author of Expectations)
"Moth is a powerful and moving story of a liberal, Brahmin family caught up in the violence and social unrest of post-partition India. It is written with absolute fidelity to the small rituals of daily life, the allegiances and jealousies within families, and the huge and overwhelming forces of history. The writer's skill and sympathy are immense." (Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures)
"Powerful and heartbreaking." (Observer)
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Sandra Huwaidi
- 29-07-2021
A little disappointing
I heard Melody talk on the ABC and she was so interesting and easy to listen to. She made me want to buy her book as she fascinated me about India and their traditions and the way she talked about it. I could have listened to her for hours. I thought the book would be on the same track. It was to me disappointing. I think I was expecting a factual type of story not about ghouls? in friends tummies.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Karen Grant-Taylor
- 20-02-2023
Not for me!
I did not like this book. It’s about a 14 year old girl in India and as a mother of a 14 year old girl, I found this disturbing.
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