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Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, a thrilling and heartbreaking story of love, family, survival and betrayal.'A gorgeous, gripping read' Kamila Shamsie'I'm blown away by it' Tessa Hadley'The stuff of miracles' Bryan WashingtonMehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law - married to three brothers in a single ceremony - spend their days hard at work on the family farm, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 flees from England to the deserted sun-scorched farm. Can a summer spent learning of love and of his family's past give him the strength for the journey home?'A multi-generational masterpiece' Daily Mail'Amazing storytelling...gripping and very moving' BBC Radio 4, Open Book'Moving...fresh and nourishing' The Times
