Remember, Mr Sharma

<p><b><h2>Featuring on BBC2's Between the Covers TV Book Club presented by Sara Cox</h2><br><br></b><b>'Thoroughly accomplished, beautifully written'</b><br><b>Adam Kay, BBC 'Between the Covers'</b><br><br><br><b>'A magical tale of a troubled family'</b><br><i><b>Daily Telegraph</b></i><br><br>Delhi, 1997: It is India's fiftieth year of independence, the year of Hindu nationalists and atomic bombs. But twelve-year-old Adi has a bigger problem: his Ma has gone missing - again. Left with an ailing grandmother, a raging father and no answers, he finds an unlikely ally: a talking vulture who reveals itself to be a bureaucrat from the 'Department of Historical Adjustment'. The Department holds Adi's family files, which will take him on a journey through time and memory, through fifty years of India's history, uncovering the darkest secrets of his Ma's past. But first, he must unlock them by facing his greatest fears.<br><br>As bright and hopeful as it is devastating, <i>Remember, Mr Sharma</i> explores the ways in which we view the past, its inescapable hold over us and the stories we tell to set ourselves free.</p>