The Bureau of Second Chances by Sheena Kalayil

The Bureau of Second Chances by Sheena Kalayil

Returning to live in Kerala after decades spent in London, Thomas Imbalil needs to adjust to a different pace of life, as well as his recent widowhood. Memories of his younger days compete with developments in his new life, and, before long, his friendship with a colleague forces him to let go of his past and confront the future.

'Sheena Kalayil’s first novel shows an almost preternatural skill and powerThis quiet story becomes a compelling page-turner'

-- Ian Pople * Manchester Review *

'A bittersweet, uplifting tone makes it impossible to put down … Kalayil writes beautifully, painting colourful portraits of her characters and managing her story’s unexpected twists with aplomb'

* Scotland on Sunday *

'There is plenty of light, with passages that will make you smile, but it has its share of darkness, touching on caste and social expectations in India, as well as reflections on marriage, illness and parenting ... I raced through the last third of the book on the edge of my seat, desperate to know how it turned out'

* The Bookbag *

Sheena Kalayil was born in Zambia in 1970 where her parents were teachers seconded from India.  She arrived in the UK aged eighteen and, after graduating, worked all over the world in countries such as Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Slovenia and Spain, before returning to the UK, to Edinburgh in 2002. She has a doctorate in Linguistics and teaches at the University of Manchester. She is the author of three novels, and lives near Manchester with her husband and two daughters. 

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ISBN 13	9781846973925
ISBN 10	1846973929
Title	The Bureau of Second Chances
Author	Sheena Kalayil
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Birlinn General
Year published	2017-06-08
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of Writers' Guild Awards - Best First Novel 2018 (UK), Short-listed for Edward Stanford Travel Awards - Fiction With a Sense of Place 2018 (UK)
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