The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai #joyce

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai #joyceDATE OF RELEASE: 3 SEPT 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 An epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize winning author of The Inheritance of Loss BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 ACCORDING TO NEW STATESMAN, I PAPER, BBC, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE NEW YORK TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, OBSERVER When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated,

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respected and often imitated but never matched

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Vowing to rescue her mother

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