A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam

2007, John Murray (UK)

I’ve been wearing my big girl pants recently, and I do not like them. They’re too tight; they itch; and they ride up. They cut off the circulation in my calves; they look awful, and I can’t wait to take them off.

‘Why?’ you might ask. ‘Why are you wearing your big girl pants?’ because after six years, I am moving house.

Next I want to write: ‘You have no…