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HOME FIRE - KAMILA SHAMSIE KARTONIERT (TB)

_______________ WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE A
BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN  OBSERVER  TELEGRAPH  NEW STATESMAN  EVENING STANDAND AND NEW
YORK TIMES _______________ 'The book for our times' - Judges of the Women's Prize 'Elegant and
evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society  family and faith in the
modern world' - Guardian 'Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I've read in a novel
this century' - New York Times _______________ Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin
siblings in the wake of their mother's death  she is finally studying in America  resuming 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. 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 Parvaiz's 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. _______________ NOW A BBC RADIO
4 BOOK AT BEDTIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 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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