The Small-town Sea

Download or read book The Small-town Sea written by Anees Salim and published by Penguin Random House India. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uprooted from a bustling city, the thirteen-year-old protagonist of The Small-town Sea is replanted in his father's home town where he struggles to cope with his new life. He reluctantly makes friends with Bilal, a boy who lives in the orphanage run by the local mosque. Together, they embark on clandestine adventures while his ailing father-a writer whose last wish is to die listening to the sea he has grown up by-rediscovers people from his childhood. But his father's death unsettles the boy's life again, and he finds himself grappling with altogether unexpected challenges.