Bone and Bread

InBone and Bread, a women struggles to come to terms with the death of her sister, a tragedy that leaves her with an unsettling sense of guilt and forces her to examine her past. Beena and her sister Sadhana were orphaned as teens and raised in Montreal's Hasidic community by their traditional Sikh uncle, where they struggled to understand their cultural heritage and faced intense personal struggles. Beena's search for answers reopens old wounds and disrupts the quiet life she has painstakingly built for herself and her son.

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Bone and Breadwasdefended byFarah MohamedonCanada Reads 2016.

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The Next Chapter8:49Saleema Nawaz on "Bone and Bread"

The Montreal novelist talks about her 2013 novel, a contender for Canada Reads 2016.

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Canada Reads 2016 authors dissect their first sentences

9 years ago

Duration 3:32

The authors in this year's competition Anita Rau Badami, Lawrence Hill, Tracey Lindberg, Saleema Nawaz and Michael Winter read their books' crucial first sentences