Join us for a lively book discussion lead by the Friends of the Galt Ocean Mile Reading Center.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK! • A "gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary" (USA Today) about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise—to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies—and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.
Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely—an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humor—has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear.
Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, A Burning is an electrifying debut.
"Riveting. . . . Fate has rarely been so many-faced, so muscular, so mercurial, or so mesmerizing as it is in A Burning."
—The New York Times Book Review (cover)
Explore "A Burning" in the Broward County Library catalog
Program sponsored by the Friends of the Galt Ocean Mile Reading Center. Regular print and large print copies available for check out at the Reference Desk.
Mon, Oct 21 | Closed |
Tue, Oct 22 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Wed, Oct 23 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Thu, Oct 24 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Fri, Oct 25 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Oct 26 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Oct 27 | Closed |