The Word Burners
Winner, Commonwealth Writers Prize, SE Asia and South Pacific, Best First Book. As a new academic, Julia finds her beliefs challanged by her students, reinforced by her friend's mistreatment and dismissed by her family. Just as her mother sought freedom from rural poverty, Julia and her sister search for their own solace.
How do you decide to live? Or do others make that decision for you? In this lyrical novel, Beryl Fletcher explores the paradoxes of modern life. As a new academic, Julia finds her beliefs challenged by her students, reinforced by her friend’s mistreatment and dismissed by her family. Just as her mother sought freedom from her family’s rural poverty, Julia and her sister Isobel, search for their own solace finding it in different and disparate places.
Winner, Commonwealth Writers Prize, SE Asia and South Pacific, Best First Book. As a new academic, Julia finds her beliefs challanged by her students, reinforced by her friend's mistreatment and dismissed by her family. Just as her mother sought freedom from rural poverty, Julia and her sister search for their own solace.
How do you decide to live? Or do others make that decision for you? In this lyrical novel, Beryl Fletcher explores the paradoxes of modern life. As a new academic, Julia finds her beliefs challenged by her students, reinforced by her friend’s mistreatment and dismissed by her family. Just as her mother sought freedom from her family’s rural poverty, Julia and her sister Isobel, search for their own solace finding it in different and disparate places.
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Winner, Commonwealth Writers Prize, SE Asia and South Pacific, Best First Book. As a new academic, Julia finds her beliefs challanged by her students, reinforced by her friend's mistreatment and dismissed by her family. Just as her mother sought freedom from rural poverty, Julia and her sister search for their own solace.
How do you decide to live? Or do others make that decision for you? In this lyrical novel, Beryl Fletcher explores the paradoxes of modern life. As a new academic, Julia finds her beliefs challenged by her students, reinforced by her friend’s mistreatment and dismissed by her family. Just as her mother sought freedom from her family’s rural poverty, Julia and her sister Isobel, search for their own solace finding it in different and disparate places.
