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My Best Friend's Bangles by Thushanthi Ponweera

Crossing the Finish Line by Thushanthi Ponweera

April 29, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

After reading I Am Kavi by Thushanthi Ponweera, I decided to look for other books by them. I did not expect a lot as I Am Kavi had a feeling of being a first novel and maybe the start of a promising new author for me. And it was new 2023 and I was lucky enough to be reading it in 2025, therefore, I felt I had a good chance of finding more titles. I found out that in 2024 My Best Friend’s Bangles (illustrated […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: 1964, friendship, Japan, jealousy, Maithili Joshi, mothers, Olympic Games, Ranatunge Karunananda, running, Social Themes, Sri Lanka, Thushanthi Ponweera, working mothers

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:221 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: 1964, friendship, Japan, jealousy, Maithili Joshi, mothers, Olympic Games, Ranatunge Karunananda, running, Social Themes, Sri Lanka, Thushanthi Ponweera, working mothers ·
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