{"product_id":"the-sisters-of-serendib","title":"The Sisters of Serendib","description":"\u003ch4\u003eAyesha Inoon | Paperback | June 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-5e50dbe2=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree sisters are separated as children. Decades later, with so much lost and changed, can they find their way back to each other?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1990, a boat of asylum seekers leaves war-torn Sri Lanka, bound for Australia. When a mother dies on the journey, her three young daughters are separated and scattered across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYears later, the eldest, Janu, still remembers the home she left and the sisters she's lost. Having freed herself from the grip of a painful childhood, she builds a life for herself in a coastal town, running a small shop called Serendib, where the air hums with memory and people come to find what they didn't know they were searching for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn Melbourne, Samar, the middle sister, dances to speak the words she cannot say, pouring her longing and restlessness into movement, while in Sydney, Maryam, the youngest, finds magic in language, always searching for a place to belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs Janu discovers clues to her sisters' identities and begins the quest to bring them together, they all face the question: can something broken for so long ever be made whole again?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful and heartbreaking, this is the story of women who rise from loss to reclaim their stories, rebuild their lives, and step into the fierce beauty of their own becoming. A powerful new novel from the award-winning author of \u003c\/i\u003eUntethered\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Beautifully written and quietly devastating, \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters of Serendib\u003c\/i\u003e traces the long shadow of separation and the stubborn pull of family. Each sister's life feels intimate and real, shaped by loss yet reaching towards one another. A moving story about finding your way back across years, across silence and towards healing.' -- Emma Pei Yin, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWhen Sleeping Women Wake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Sisters, spices and serendipity blend in this moving and beautifully written story of families lost and found. I will be pressing it into the hands of everyone I know.' -- Victoria Purman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Trap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Love and hope shine from every page and I couldn't spend enough time with these women. This is a perfect book for readers who want stories about family and women and hope, with some \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic\u003c\/i\u003e-style vibes on the side.' -- BookishBron\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'I love Ayesha's \u003ci\u003eUntethered\u003c\/i\u003e, and couldn't wait to read \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters of Serendib\u003c\/i\u003e. It didn't disappoint. Heart-warming and heartbreaking, this book has it all ... Her use of culture, food and family creates a story that will stay with readers long after they have read the last line.' -- Aaron Cordy Book Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--------\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAyesha Inoon is a Sri Lankan-Australian writer whose work is shaped by her rich cultural heritage and lived experience. Born in Colombo, she travelled widely and worked as a journalist in Sri Lanka before migrating to Australia in 2013. Her writing explores themes of identity, belonging, and the resilience of women across cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHer debut novel, \u003ci\u003eUntethered\u003c\/i\u003e - winner of the 2022 ASA\/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize and \u003ci\u003eHighly Commended\u003c\/i\u003e in both the 2024 ACT Book of the Year and the ACT Literary Awards for Fiction - draws partly from her own journey as an immigrant Muslim woman. The novel was also supported by the inaugural Penguin Random House \u003ci\u003eWrite It\u003c\/i\u003e Fellowship in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe lives in Canberra, on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country with her two children and shares writing updates on Instagram at @ayeshainoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50307271622823,"sku":null,"price":41.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/sistersofserendib.webp?v=1779763104","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/en-nz\/products\/the-sisters-of-serendib","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}