Amma | By Saraid de Silva
A tender and layered family story that spans generations and continents, from 1950s Singapore to 1980s Aotearoa and present-day London. Amma follows three remarkable women, each navigating love, memory, tradition, and the quiet weight of family expectation. What unfolds is both heartbreaking and hopeful, a story of rupture and repair, and the ties that bind us even when stretched across time and distance.
Beautifully told and deeply moving, this debut novel has captured the hearts of readers and critics alike. A powerful meditation on heritage and healing, Amma will linger with you long after the final page.
About the Author:
Saraid de Silva is a Sri Lankan PÄkehÄ writer based in TÄmaki Makaurau. Co-creator of RNZās Conversations with My Immigrant Parents, her work is known for its honesty, warmth and insight. Her writing has appeared in The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, Fashion Quarterly and Tupuranga Journal, and she is a contributor to A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Amma | By Saraid de Silva
Amma | By Saraid de Silva
A tender and layered family story that spans generations and continents, from 1950s Singapore to 1980s Aotearoa and present-day London. Amma follows three remarkable women, each navigating love, memory, tradition, and the quiet weight of family expectation. What unfolds is both heartbreaking and hopeful, a story of rupture and repair, and the ties that bind us even when stretched across time and distance.
Beautifully told and deeply moving, this debut novel has captured the hearts of readers and critics alike. A powerful meditation on heritage and healing, Amma will linger with you long after the final page.
About the Author:
Saraid de Silva is a Sri Lankan PÄkehÄ writer based in TÄmaki Makaurau. Co-creator of RNZās Conversations with My Immigrant Parents, her work is known for its honesty, warmth and insight. Her writing has appeared in The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, Fashion Quarterly and Tupuranga Journal, and she is a contributor to A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand.
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A tender and layered family story that spans generations and continents, from 1950s Singapore to 1980s Aotearoa and present-day London. Amma follows three remarkable women, each navigating love, memory, tradition, and the quiet weight of family expectation. What unfolds is both heartbreaking and hopeful, a story of rupture and repair, and the ties that bind us even when stretched across time and distance.
Beautifully told and deeply moving, this debut novel has captured the hearts of readers and critics alike. A powerful meditation on heritage and healing, Amma will linger with you long after the final page.
About the Author:
Saraid de Silva is a Sri Lankan PÄkehÄ writer based in TÄmaki Makaurau. Co-creator of RNZās Conversations with My Immigrant Parents, her work is known for its honesty, warmth and insight. Her writing has appeared in The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, Fashion Quarterly and Tupuranga Journal, and she is a contributor to A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand.
