description: As Rehana awakes one morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. But none of the guests at Rehana's party can foresee what will happen in the days and months that follow. For this is East Pakistan in 1971, a country on the brink of war. And this family is about to change forever.
language: English
title: A Golden Age
titlecomplete: A Golden Age
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, War, Asia, Pakistan, India, Novels, Historical Fiction, Bangladesh
ratings_count: 5083
series: Bangla Desh
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book Overall
publisher: Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.