Home Fire: WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 By Kamila Shamsie

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WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2018
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017

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Elegant and evocative A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world Guardian

Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mothers death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she cant stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London or their brother, Parvaiz, whos disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew.

Then Eamonn enters the sisters lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaizs salvation? Two families fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love?

A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles Antigone, Home Fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times.
Home Fire: WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

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