Quotes by : Nayomi Munaweera

In these myriad ways, we carved out our lives in Los Angeles. Yet falling asleep was often an act of....

They hate me because I am the worst thing possible. I am the bad mother.But here's a secret: in America....

This is the beginning of what we will come to call the Upstairs-Downstairs, Linga-Singha wars.

She talks in her most sedate voice, attempting to alleviate out fears, soothe our anxiety. She knows....

It was something I learned then. That you could take the crumpled remains of something destroyed and....

Those less fortunate eat dried fish while the truly destitute fight with the spiny shells of crabs or....

There is silence and then the familiar smack of Beatrice Muriel’s palm against her forehead. “A love....

There is a certain new ferocity in her eyes now. A certain new thing that was not there before. I recognize....

We play hide-and-seek, wade into her ponds to fill jam jars with writhing tadpoles, and cavort with her....

Leaving is an act that cannot be undone.