The Ash of Divided Lands

About this book

In the chaotic days of the 1947 Partition of India, a Punjabi family undertakes a perilous journey from Lahore to Delhi. Meera Singh, a midwife harboring secret ambitions, recounts the harrowing trek backward in time. Beginning in a sweltering Delhi refugee camp where only fragments of her family remain, the narrative peels back layers of survival, betrayal, and hidden motives. As the story travels backward toward their idyllic life before the fracture, Meera's unreliable account reveals the escalating perils they faced—starvation, ambushes, and fractured trust. It is a tale of a family undone by the brutal realities of a newly drawn border, exposing the lengths one might go to secure a new beginning when the world they knew burns.

Book details

Genres:

Historical Fiction, Family Saga, Literary Fiction

Language:

en

Published:

2026-03-20

Content rating:

PG