A powerhouse story, a powerhouse voice, that wrestles with intragenerational fractures and complicated entanglements. At the center of the book is an obsessive kind of love, a love that gives but also takes, but a love that only forms from bonds forged in fire.Weike Wang, awardwinning author of Joan Is Okay and ChemistryFrom one of Australias most celebrated authors comes a powerful motherdaughter drama that explores the fault lines between love and controlMy Year of Rest and Relaxation meets Freshwater.Sixteen and pregnant, Karuna finds herself trapped in her mothers Melbourne public housing apartment for one hundred days, awaiting the birth of her childand her mothers next move in a shocking power struggle over who will raise the baby. She writes to her unborn child, so theres a record of what really happened.Karunas pregnancy is the result of a heady whirlwind of independence, lust, and defiancebut it wasnt entirely by accident, either. Karunas mother, already overprotective, confines her to keep her safe from the outside worldand make sure she cant get into any more trouble. Stuck inside for endless hours, Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life, as a new life forms and grows within her. As the due date nears, the question of who will get to raise the baby festers between them.At times tense and unnerving, One Hundred Days nevertheless brims with humor and warmth. Alice Pungs authorial voice is crisp and relatable, channeling the...

Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc; Classification: FA; Weight: 314 g; Dimensions: 201 x 134 x 17

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