Miss Burma: A Novel

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Miss Burma: A Novel

â€œCraig wields powerful and vivid prose to illuminate a country and a family trapped not only by war and revolution, but also by desire and loss.â€ â€”Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning author
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Miss BurmaÂ tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa. After attending school in Calcutta, Benny settles in Rangoon, then part of the British Empire, and falls in love with Khin, a woman who is part of a long-persecuted ethnic minority group, the Karen. World War II comes to Southeast Asia, and Benny and Khin must go into hiding in the eastern part of the country during the Japanese occupation, beginning a journey that will lead them to change the countryâ€™s history.
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Years later, Benny and Khinâ€™s eldest child, Louisa, has a danger-filled, tempestuous childhood and reaches prominence as Burmaâ€™s first beauty queen soon before the country falls to dictatorship. As Louisa navigates her newfound fame, she is forced to reckon with her familyâ€™s past, the Westâ€™s ongoing covert dealings in her country, and her own loyalty to the cause of the Karen people.
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Based on the story of the authorâ€™s mother and grandparents,Â Miss BurmaÂ is a captivating portrait of how modern Burma came to be and of the ordinary people swept up in the struggle for self-determination and freedom.
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â€œAt once beautiful and heartbreakingÂ .Â .Â . An incredible family saga.â€ â€”Refinery29
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â€œMiss Burma charts both a political history and a deeply personal oneâ€”and of those incendiary moments when private and public motivations overlap.â€ â€”Los Angeles Times

Country	USA
Author	Charmaine Craig
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780802189523
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Grove Press
Manufacturer	Grove Press
NumberOfPages	368
PublicationDate	2017-05-02
Publisher	Grove Press
ReleaseDate	2019-04-24
Studio	Grove Press

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