.png){kind=logo}
25%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
A Place for Us
Fatima Farheen Mirza
€ 15.99
€ 11.93
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for A Place for Us
Paperback.
A Place for Us catches an Indian Muslim family on the eve of the eldest daughter's wedding. As Hadia's marriage -- one chosen of love, not tradition -- gathers the family back together, her parents Rafiq and Layla must come to terms with the choices that their two daughters, and their estranged son Amar, have made. Weaving through time, we see the detail of family life, all the crucial and tiny moments, through the eyes of each family member. And as Hadia, Huda and Amar attempt to carve out a life for themselves, they must reconcile their ... Read more
A Place for Us catches an Indian Muslim family on the eve of the eldest daughter's wedding. As Hadia's marriage -- one chosen of love, not tradition -- gathers the family back together, her parents Rafiq and Layla must come to terms with the choices that their two daughters, and their estranged son Amar, have made. Weaving through time, we see the detail of family life, all the crucial and tiny moments, through the eyes of each family member. And as Hadia, Huda and Amar attempt to carve out a life for themselves, they must reconcile their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781090701
SKU
9781781090701
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Fatima Farheen Mirza
Fatima Farheen Mirza was born in California in 1991 and raised there. Her parents are of Indian descent; her mother grew up in Birmingham, her father in Hyderabad. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. A PLACE FOR US is her first novel.
Reviews for A Place for Us
I'm particularly interested in stories of immigrants and I loved Fatima Farheen Mirza's A Place for Us, about an Indian family living in America
Anne Tyler
Observer
Deeply moving... The story comes together gradually, through the perspective of various family members, as it weaves through different points in time. Mirza's writing is poignantly beautiful ... Read more
Anne Tyler
Observer
Deeply moving... The story comes together gradually, through the perspective of various family members, as it weaves through different points in time. Mirza's writing is poignantly beautiful ... Read more