
Miss Burma book by Charmaine Craig
By Charmaine CraigMiss Burma book by Charmaine Craig
A beautiful and poignant story of one family during the most violent and turbulent years of world history,Miss Burma is a powerful novel of love and war, colonialism and ethnicity, and the ties of blood. Miss Burma 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 leadthem to change the country's history. After the war, the British authorities make a deal with the Burman nationalists, led by Aung San, whose party gains control of the country. When Aung San is assassinated, his successor ignores the pleas for self-government of the Karen people and other ethnic groups, and in doing so sets off what will become the longest-running civil war in recorded history. Benny and Khin's eldest child, Louisa, has a danger-filled, tempestuous childhood and reaches prominence as Burma's first beauty queen soon before the country falls to dictatorship. As Louisa navigates her newfound fame, she is forced to reckon with her family's past, the West's ongoing covert dealings in her country, and her own loyalty to the cause of the Karen people. Based on the story of the author's mother and grandparents,Miss Burma 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. Published By on 2017
Book details
- Paperback
- 355 pages
- English
- 0802126456
- 9780802126450
About Charmaine Craig
More Books By Charmaine Craig
People who bought this also bought
Death in the A Shau Valley: L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969 - 70 book by Larry Chambers
Used Book
Surrounded by Vampires: Or, How to Slay the Time, Energy and Soul Suckers in Your Life book by Thomas Erikson
New Book
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street book by John Brooks
Used Book
How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication book by Henry Cloud, John Townsend
New Book
30 Day Body Purification: How to Cleanse Your Inner Body and Experience the Joys of Toxin-Free Health
Used Book
Poor Economics: The Surprising Truth about Life on Less Than $1 a Day by Abhijit V. Banerjee
New Book
Investment Banking Explained: An Insider's Guide to the Industry : An Insider's Guide to the Industry book by Michel Fleuriet
New Book
Andre Dubus: A Study of the Short Fiction (Twayne's Studies in Short Fiction)
Used Book
The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage book by Daymond John
New Book
The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today book by Linda Yueh
New Book
The Purpose Driven Life Selected Thoughts and Scriptures for the Graduate book by Rick Warren
Used Book