Booker Prize-Winning Author Kiran Desai to Discuss Her Latest Epic at the Ferguson Library

Best-selling author Kiran Desai will discuss her novel The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny on Monday, September 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Harry Bennett Branch.

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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas, it is the most ambitious and accomplished work yet by Desai.

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The book has been longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. It is the author’s first book in nearly 20 years, and her first appearance on the Booker list since winning in 2006 for The Inheritance of Loss, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award as well.

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The presentation will be followed by a book sale and signing by Elm Street Books.

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Kiran Desai is also the author of the bestselling novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Born in India, she came to the U.S. when she was 16. She lives in New York City.

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Registration is required at fergusonlibrary.org/events.

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For more information, call 203 351-8221.

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