An onslaught of light
Rai, Natasha2025
Large Print
1990: Indu and Vijay leave India for Australia, seeking a better life. But the move isn't easy on anyone. Not gentle Indu, who becomes even further estranged from her family, nor the ambitious Vijay, who finds himself unmoored in a culture he doesn't understand. At the centre is Archana, their quiet, sensitive daughter, who forms a shell to survive the bullying of children and the neglect of adults. 2022: Arch lives her ideal life, solitary and isolated. When her brother calls to say that Vijay is unwell and needs her help, Arch has no choice but to re-enter the world. To do so means confronting her relationship with her father, her queerness and the wounds of her upbringing. But it also might mean opening herself to the potential of a life filled with love. Can Arch do what it takes to let in the light?
Main title:
An onslaught of light / Natasha Rai.
Author:
Rai, Natasha, author
Work:
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
[Strawberry Hills, NSW] : Read How You Want, [2025]©2025
Collation:
i, 429 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Copyright page from the original book.Includes book club questions.
ISBN:
9781038703729
Language:
English
Subject:
Immigrant families -- FictionIdentity (Psychology) -- FictionEast Indians -- Australia -- FictionLife change events -- FictionEmigration and immigration -- Australia -- FictionSexual minorities -- FictionImmigrants -- Australia -- FictionInterpersonal conflict -- FictionFamilies -- FictionInterpersonal relations -- FictionIndia -- Social life and customs -- FictionIndia -- Emigration and immigration -- FictionAustralia -- Emigration and immigration -- FictionAustralia -- Social life and customs -- FictionFamily Saga FictionAustralian fictionLarge type booksDomestic fictionQueer fictionLesbian fiction
BRN:
492134