The story is told from the point of view of a narrator, who, after her father’s death, emigrates from Sri Lanka along with her mother to the US. Her second novel What Lies Between US is somewhat reminiscent of her debut novel which I reviewed a while ago for these pages. Nayomi Munaweera, born in Sri Lanka to Sinhala parents, grew up in Africa, Europe, and the US. The novel deals with the issue of an undocumented Mexican woman ending up in jail, getting separated from her toddler son, an issue that has made many Americans reassess their conscience. Her novel Lucky Boy was selected by the San Francisco Public Library last year as its, ‘On the Same Page’ book to be read throughout the city. The first one of these remarkable women writers, Shanthi Sekaran was born and raised in the US and is fluent in Tamil. Last month I ended up reading three English language novels written by South Asian-American women authors from three different ethnic, religious, and national backgrounds.
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