LikedThe Year of the Runaways,sorry. It was called The Year of the Runaways. AndI really enjoyed that book.
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The Year of the Runaways (2015)
Creators: Liked The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar; and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the choatic Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town: a clever, devout woman whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes, in case the immigration men surprise her with a call. Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, this generous, unforgettable novel is a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
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Likedit's about the financial and emotional price people have to pay to move to England from India and it explores assimilation versus hostility and it's interesting
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