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Book: Burnt Sugar

Author: Avni Doshi

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 1/5

Recommended For...: contemporary

Publication Date: July 30, 2020

Genre: Contemporary

Recommended Age: can’t recommend, DNFed

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton

Pages: 240

Synopsis: In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her loveless marriage to join an ashram, endured a brief stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing after a dishevelled, homeless 'artist' - all with her young child in tow. Now she is forgetting things, mixing up her maid's wages and leaving the gas on all night, and her grown-up daughter is faced with the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her.

This is a love story and a story about betrayal. But not between lovers - between mother and daughter. Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Burnt Sugar unpicks the slippery, choking cord of memory and myth that binds two women together, making and unmaking them endlessly.

Review: I had to dnf this read. The tried really hard to get into I just didn't care for the book after a few short attempts of trying it.

Verdict: Not for me but maybe for you.