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Amla Mater

Amla Mater - Paperback

by Devi Menon
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Availability:In StockContributor:Devi MenonTheme:Ethnic Orientation/Multicultural, Sex & Gender/FeminineAudience:Young AdultPublish date:6/15/2018Pages:146
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yali BooksISBN-13:9780989061599ISBN-10:0989061590UPC:9780989061599Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Social ThemesBook Topic:Coming of Age, Diversity & Multicultural, Emigration, Immigration & RefugeesSize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.263Product ID:SCHKMERHKZ

Honor Book, Virginia Library Association Graphic Novel Diversity Award (2018)


In the stillness of autumn, I feel I can almost hear someone hum 'Lokame tharavadu (the world is my home)....'

In her tiny flat in East London, as Mili waits for her baby to arrive, little things remind her of her life in India---the scent of jasmine flowers, a heavy downpour, a late-night cup of coffee, an amla or gooseberry-and she is overcome with a deep desire to recreate the flavors of her childhood. Can a jar of amla pickle help her travel back to that safe haven she once called home?

In this sweetly nostalgic graphic novel, the narrator recounts her meandering journey from her ancestral village in South India to the United Kingdom, capturing the deep feeling of longing for home that shapes the lives of emigrants everywhere.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yali BooksISBN-13:9780989061599ISBN-10:0989061590UPC:9780989061599Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Social ThemesBook Topic:Coming of Age, Diversity & Multicultural, Emigration, Immigration & RefugeesSize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.263Product ID:SCHKMERHKZ
Menon, Devi: - Devi Menon is a software professional by day and a bedtime story weaver by night, forced to concoct tales from five random words that her niece and nephew come up with-tales of moons, cats, clocks, blues, and much of muchness. This is her first graphic novel. Devi has been featured in The Inking Woman: 250 Years of Women Cartoon and Comic Artists in Britain (Myriad Editions 2018), a groundbreaking picture-led celebration of the work of over 100 named British artists.
Publisher: Yali Books

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