Daphne Fama was born in the American South, embedded in its tight-knit Filipino community. When she’s not writing stories about monsters and the women who love them, she’s writing about video games. And when she’s not writing, she’s spending every minute adoring her partner and pup.
Fama's new novel is House of Monstrous Women.
At CrimeReads she tagged seven novels "of political upheaval [that] capture the terror and resilience of those caught in history’s undertow, where survival is an act of defiance." One title on Fama's list:
Brotherless Night by V. V. GaneshananthanRead about the other novels on the list at CrimeReads.
In 1980s Sri Lanka, as civil war erupts, Sashi dreams of becoming a doctor. But in Jaffna, violence is inescapable, and her four brothers are each pulled into the conflict in different ways. Torn between family loyalty, survival, and her own ambitions, Sashi endures is forced to bear witness to the brutality carried out by both the government and the Tamil Tigers. Brotherless Night is a beautifully rendered portrait of a family shattered by war, and of a young woman who endures with courage when everything she loves is at risk.
Brotherless Night is among Asha Thanki's seven novels about families surviving political unrest.
--Marshal Zeringue
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