New York: St Martin's, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's award-winning first novel, set in Sri Lanka where she was born, during the civil war which tore that country apart. The story of two families - one Sinhala and one Tamil - and of the hopes and fears of a young woman in each of those families. Winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize for the Asian Region and longlisted for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 242 pp. ISBN: 978-1250043931.