Mr Gupta’s Hardware Store

A migrant’s tale

Set in 70s suburban London, the hardware store is the apple of Mr Gupta’s eye, and he craves Englishness as much as Meera opposes it. She longs for home, India, although the issue of home becomes more complex as time goes on. Just where is it, and once uprooted can one ever truly belong anywhere? Chandu and Babita have their own battles to fight, and together the four become bound to a destiny over which they have little control…

By writing bird’s-eye observations of people’s lives and believing that the minutiae, the small things that occur often without note, are equally as important and life changing as huge catastrophic events, Karla sets out with passion and skill to bring them to light. Tugging at every known emotion the reader is transported both around the world and through time, to share and be a part of igniting something that will never be forgotten.