What happens to families AFTER they’ve survived a traumatic historical event? Veera Hiranandani set out to explore this question in her sequel to the beloved Newbery-honor winning middle-grade novel ‘The Night Diary’. ‘Amil and the After’ now finds Nisha and Amil navigating a new life in Mumbai following their family’s migration from Sindh during the Partition of India in 1947. Join me as Veera chats about her new book, and listen and rate us on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

If you enjoyed this, please leave a star rating wherever you listen! And if you’d like to hear Veera’s whole journey leading up to ‘The Night Diary’, please check out Ep. 34!

SHOWNOTES FOR Mini-Edit 3:

Connect with Veera through her website and Instagram

Buy her books here, including Amil and the After

Other books we discussed on the show:

The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi

Lion of The Sky by Ritu Hemnani

The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition by Shirin Shamsi

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