Zari Zoon, a young and vivacious girl from Kashmir, is looking forward to a bright future when the raging conflict in the region reaches her family home. In the space of a single evening Zari suffers immeasurable tragedy, and the next thing she know s she’s alone and on a plane to America.
Her distant family relatives, the Nabis, offer her a temporary home and try to understand, but the horror of that evening continues to haunt Zari as she attempts to stitch back the tatters of her life in a strange new country. Billy Nabi, fiercely tender-hearted, longs to help Zari, but the choices he makes jeopardise them all...
Soniah Kamal is an award-winning writer whose debut novel was a finalist for the Townsend Prize for Fiction and the KLF French Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in many publications including the New York Times, The Guardian and Buzzfeed. She was born in Pakistan, grew up in England and Saudi Arabia and currently resides in the US. |
Category: | Fiction |
ISBN: | 9780749025243 |
Publisher: | Allison & Busby Publishing |
On sale: | August 2020 |
Format: | Paperback |
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