Erscheint: September 2026
Buch (Softcover): Belletristik
Crushed Azaleas
Shards from a Privileged Childhood
Verlag:
Atmosphere Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36868185
EAN: 9798901743607
Erscheint: September 2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 30.25
Beschreibung
Behind embassy doors and elegant receptions, a diplomat's family life can look charmed. In Crushed Azaleas: Shards from a Privileged Childhood. , Amal Moulik reveals the more complicated truth. Born in Washington, D. C. , and raised across Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, and India, Moulik grew up amid constant motion-an outsider everywhere, yet belonging nowhere. Told through vivid vignettes, his memories capture the wonder of postwar cities, the rituals of diplomatic life, and the friendships that shaped a wandering childhood. But beneath the cosmopolitan surface lies a more fragile world: a demanding father whose approval must be earned, a mother struggling with deep depression, and a boy searching for refuge in music, memory, and the cultures around him. Evocative, intimate, and deeply reflective, Crushed Azaleas. explores the quiet complexities of identity, family, and belonging-resonating with anyone who has ever lived between cultures or questioned where "home" truly lies.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Amal Moulik
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 266