Family Life (novel)

Family Life

US hardback edition
Author	Akhil Sharma
Language	English
Genre	Autobiographical novel
Publisher	W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date	April 7, 2014
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback) Digital (ebook)
Pages	224 (US hardback edition)
Awards	Folio Prize (2015) International Dublin Literary Award (2016)
ISBN	978-0-393-06005-8

Family Life is a 2014 autobiographical novel by Akhil Sharma. Set in 1978, it tells the coming-of-age story of an eight-year old Indian boy named Ajay Mishra living with his recently immigrated family in New York City. The story develops around his older brother Birju, who suffers a life-changing accident, and how the family copes with the incident. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

This was Sharma's second published novel. It won the 2015 Folio Prize and the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Deraniyagala, Sonali (April 3, 2014). "Akhil Sharma's 'Family Life'". The New York Times . Retrieved June 15, 2016.
2. Wolitzer, Meg (April 10, 2014). "After A Disaster In 'Family Life,' Relief Never Comes". National Public Radio . Retrieved June 15, 2016.
3. Gunn, Kirsty (May 10, 2014). "Family Life by Akhil Sharma review – an unhappy emigration". The Guardian . Retrieved June 15, 2016.
4. Mark Brown (23 March 2015), Akhil Sharma wins Folio prize for fiction. The Guardian . Retrieved 11 June 2016.
5. "Akhil Sharma's Family Life wins International Dublin Literary Award". BBC News . Retrieved June 11, 2016.