Author:  Anam, Tahmima 
Pakistan
Published on 6 February 2020 by Canongate Books (Canongate Canons) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Canons' series.

Paperback | 304 pages, No
189 x 125 x 19 | 214g
Spring, 1971, East Pakistan. Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her  beloved children, Sohail and Maya. Her young family is growing up fast,  and Rehana wants to remember this day forever. But out on the hot city  streets, something violent is brewing. As the civil war develops, a war which will eventually see the birth of Bangladesh, Rehana struggles to keep her children safe and finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma.