The Most Precious Substance on Earth by Shashi Bhat
Journey Prize winner Shashi Bhat's "powerful, surprising and terrifying" (Rufi Thorpe) story about a high school student's traumatic experience and how it irrevocably alters her life, for fans of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, Girlhood, and Pen15.Bright, hilarious, and sensitive fourteen-year-old Nina spends her spare time reading Beowulf and flirting with an internet predator. She has a vicious crush on her English teacher, and her best friend Amy is slowly drifting away. Meanwhile, Nina's mother tries to match her up with local Indian boys unfamiliar with her Saved by the Bell references, and Nina's worried father has started reciting Hindu prayers outside her bedroom door. Beginning with a disturbing incident at her high school, The Most Precious Substance on Earth tells stories of Nina's life from the '90s to present day, when she returns to the classroom as a high school teacher with a haunting secret and discovers that the past is never far behind her.
Darkly funny, deeply affecting, unsettling, and at times even shocking, Shashi Bhat's irresistible novel-in-stories examines the relationships between those who take and those who have something taken. The Most Precious Substance on Earth is a sharp-edged and devastating look at how women are conditioned to hide their trauma and suppress their fear, loneliness, and anger, and an unforgettable portrait of how silence can shape a life.
Bhat, Shashi: - Shashi Bhat's fiction has appeared in publications across North America. She was the winner of the 2018 Journey Prize. Her novel, The Most Precious Substance on Earth, is forthcoming from McClelland & Stewart in 2021. Visit her at shashibhat.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781538707920 |
| ISBN 10 | 1538707926 |
| Title | The Most Precious Substance on Earth |
| Author | Shashi Bhat |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
| Year published | 2023-06-27 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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