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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
Shankari Chandran (born 1974)
English editions
Written in EnglishChai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
Ultimo Press · Australia · 3 November 2022 · Paperback · 368 pages
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
Ultimo Press · Australia · 5 January 2022 · Paperback · 368 pages
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Maya and Zakhir, Sri Lankans who escaped the civil war, opened Cinnamon Gardens in the 1980s: a home for the elderly in Westgrove, a quiet Sydney suburb. Its elderly residents, each carrying a past and secrets, have found a haven there, with a garden, a lively kitchen and a crowded calendar of activities. Zakhir has since vanished, Maya has become a resident herself, and their daughter Anjali manages the place. When word gets out that the couple long ago pulled down the James Cook statue that stood in its grounds, a complaint to the Human Rights Commission brands them racist, and the suburb's hostility begins to close in. The story alternates between the present and 1980s Sri Lanka.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Family, Migration, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Australia, Sri Lanka
- First published
- 2022
- Author's age
- 48 when first published
- ISBN
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9781761150319 (Ultimo Press, Australia)
9781761151408 (Ultimo Press, Australia)
- More
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