Download or read book A Golden Age written by Tahmima Anam and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 develops, a war which will eventually see the birth of Bangladesh, Rehana struggles to keep her children safe and finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma.