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Home fire / Kamila Shamsie.
"From an internationally acclaimed novelist, the suspenseful and heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart by secrets and 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, an invitation from a mentor in America has allowed 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 the 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 to--or 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?"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735217683
- ISBN: 0735217688
- ISBN: 9780735217690 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 276 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Political fiction. Love stories. |
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- 22 of 22 copies available at Sitka.
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| Castlegar Public Library | FIC SHA (Text) | 35146002041051 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F SHA (Text) | DCL165815 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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| Fort St. John Public Library | AF SHA (Text) | 35211000321952 | ADULT Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Galiano Island Community Library | FIC SHA (Text) | 33127000149700 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Headingley Municipal Library | SHA (Text) | 36440000270398 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Hudson's Hope Public Library | FIC FIC SHA (Text) | BHH049505 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Mayne Island Reading Centre | SHA (Text) | 33128000111724 | Fiction - Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Pemberton and District Public Library | F SHA (Text) | 31894000488550 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Rossland Public Library | FIC SHA (Text) | 35162001003075 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Given a chance to resume a deferred dream years after raising her troubled siblings, Isma worries about the influence of a powerful politician's son who drives the family to choose between love and loyalty, with devastating consequences. - Baker & Taylor
"From an internationally acclaimed novelist, the suspenseful and heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart by secrets and 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, an invitation from a mentor in America has allowed 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 the 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 to--or 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?"-- - Baker & Taylor
Given a chance to resume a deferred dream years after raising her troubled siblings, Isma worries about the influence of a powerful politician's son who drives the family to choose between love and loyalty, with devastating consequences. By the award-winning author ofBroken Verses . - Penguin Putnam
'Ingenious' Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I've read in a novel this century.' 'The New York Times
WINNER OF THE 2018 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
FINALIST FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE 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 to'or 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?
