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352 pages
First published January 9, 2018
Mahindan turned his back to the railing and slid down to sit on the deck. Exhaustion whenever he thought of the future; terror when he remembered the past. He yawned and pressed a cheek to raised knees, then tucked his arms in for warmth. At least here on the boat they were safe from attack. Ruksala, Prem, Chithra's mother and father. The roll call of the dead lulled him to sleep.
She'd already had this argument with Gigovaz. Haven't we learned our lesson on this? she'd railed. Stealing children from their Native parents and putting them in white homes? What's next? A special school run by pedophiles?
you have to understand,
no one puts their children in a boat
unless the water is safer than the land.