ONION TEARS

284pp., paperback, Reprint, Pan Macmillan, Johannesburg, (2011) 2024

ISBN: 9781770109223

"Shubnum Khan's artful words are a scalpel that cuts deep into the anatomy of domesticity. In this textured novel, Khan deftly sews the tapestry of three generations of women: their quiet power, beauty and cultural vibrancy; their fraying raggedness concealed in the seams of secrecy and unspoken loss. At its centre, sits motherhood - the realm of ripening, decay and sometimes, restoration." Joanne Joseph, author of Children of Sugarcane