Burnt Sugar

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021

WINNER OF THE SUSHILA DEVI AWARD 2021

NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2021

A searing debut novel about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal - for fans of Jenny Offill, Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk and Diana Evans

Beautifully written, emotionally wrenching and poignant in equal measure The Booker Prize Judges 2020

An unsettling, sinewy debut, startling in its venom and disarming in its humour from the very first sentenceGuardian

I would be lying if I said my mothers misery has never given me pleasure.

This is a tale of obsession and betrayal. This is a poisoned love story. But not between lovers - between mother and daughter.

Tara and Antara, a woman and her angry shadow. But which one is which?

Sharp as a blade and compulsively readable, Burnt Sugar slowly untangles the knot of memory and rumour that binds two women together, revealing the truth that lies beneath.

A work of extraordinary insight, courage and sophisticationWashington Post

Arresting and fiercely intelligent, disarmingly witty and frankSunday Times

A sly, slippery, often heartbreaking novel about the role memory plays within familiesStylist

Extraordinary... Come for the effortlessly stylish writing, stay for the boiling wrathObserver