Shamsie, Kamila 1973- creator author. text novel enk London Bloomsbury Publishing 2018 2017 monographic eng

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264 pages ; 23 cm. "Ingenious⁵ Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I've read in a novel this century." ₇The New York Times LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE The suspenseful and heartbreaking story of an immigrant family driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she's accepted an invitation from a mentor in America that allows her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London, or their brother, Parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream, to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. When he resurfaces half a globe away, Isma's worst fears are confirmed. Then Eamonn enters the sisters' lives. Son of a powerful political figure, he has his own birthright to live up to₇or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz's salvation? Suddenly, two families' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined, in this searing novel that asks: What sacrifices will we make in the name of love? Kamila Shamsie First Published in Great Britain, 2017. ENH Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2017. Families Fiction Domestic fiction Political fiction English literature PR9540.9.S485 H66 2017 823.914 1408886782 9781408886786 1408886774 9781408886779 9781408886779 9781408886786 Ayesha Abed Library YDX 190103 20250720165905.0 34118 eng