_______________ 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 _______________ For girls becoming women was
inevitability for boys becoming men was ambition 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
