Description

THE SALTIRE’S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
A GUARDIAN’S BEST MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY OF 2022

This book is about two unlikely friends. One born in 1970s Britain to Indian immigrant parents, the other arrived from Nazi Germany in 1939, fleeing persecution.

This book is about common ground. It is a story of migration, anti-Semitism, racism, family, belonging, grief and resilience.

This book is about the past and the present. It is about the state we’re in now and the ways in which we carry our pasts into our futures.

This book is about homelands.

Publisher Review

An utterly engrossing story that spans the twentieth century, surveying otherness, family and belonging, but above all friendship. I could not stop reading this gorgeous book -- DENISE MINA A spellbinding story of triumph and tragedy, war and sanctuary, emigration and belonging. Fans of Sebald and De Waal are going to love this -- GAVIN FRANCIS A deeply reflective and moving account of a remarkable friendship that bridges a century. Homelands is at once meditative and urgent, humane and journalistic. I learned so much in these pages, and yet couldn't stop smiling at the simple strokes: the love, the kindness, the unlikely places friendship blooms -- DINA NAYERI Praise for Expecting: Immediately, poignantly gripping . . . Laconic and magnificent * * Guardian * * An extraordinary book, and a glorious read -- DENISE MINA Elegant, funny, brimming with accurate observations and suffused with a gentle intimacy -- GAVIN FRANCIS An intelligent and intimate book -- Scotsman