Family Life (novel)
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.
This was Sharma's second published novel. It won the 2015 Folio Prize and the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award.