The blurb reads:

"Spring, 1971, East Pakistan. Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her beloved children, Sohail and Maya. Her young family is growing up fast, and Rehana wants to remember this day forever. But out on the hot city streets, something violent is brewing. As the civil war that will eventually see the birth of Bangladesh develops, Rehana struggles to keep her children safe and finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma".

If you're wondering how a book published in 2007 could have been registered in 2005: I'm repurposing an existing BCID.

I found this story of the impact of the Bangladeshi war of independence/Pakistani civil war readable enough, if somewhat predictable. The characterisations are thin, and I struggled to fully understand the background politics (which are presented one-sidedly: I find it hard to believe that only one side committed atrocities), but the story kept me going. Turns out it's the first of a trilogy, but I'm not motivated to read the next in the series.

On the piano, on the concourse, at about 9:30.