One Hundred Days

<p><strong>A powerhouse story a powerhouse voice that wrestles with intragenerational fractures and complicated entanglements. At the center of the book is an obsessive kind of love a love that gives but also takes but a love that only forms from bonds forged in fire.--Weike Wang award-winning author of <em>Joan Is Okay</em> and <em>Chemistry</em></strong></p><p><strong>From one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a powerful mother-daughter drama that explores the fault lines between love and control--<em>My Year of Rest and Relaxation</em> meets <em>Freshwater.</em></strong></p><p>Sixteen and pregnant Karuna finds herself trapped in her mother's Melbourne public housing apartment for one hundred days awaiting the birth of her child--and her mother's next move in a shocking power struggle over who will raise the baby. She writes to her unborn child so there's a record of what really happened.</p><p>Karuna's pregnancy is the result of a heady whirlwind of independence lust and defiance--but it wasn't entirely by accident either. Karuna's mother already overprotective confines her to keep her safe from the outside world--and make sure she can't get into any more trouble. Stuck inside for endless hours Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life as a new life forms and grows within her. As the due date nears the question of who will get to raise the baby festers between them.</p><p>At times tense and unnerving <em>One Hundred Days</em> nevertheless brims with humor and warmth. Alice Pung's authorial voice is crisp and relatable channeling the angst of youth with grace.</p><p>This realistic coming-of-age fiction book set in Melbourne's public housing will captivate readers with its psychological drama and exploration of motherhood poverty and power struggles. </p>