A Place for Us: A Novel
Written by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Narrated by Deepti Gupta and Sunil Malhotra
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The first novel from Sarah Jessica Parker's new imprint, SJP for Hogarth, A Place for Us is a deeply moving and resonant story of love, identity, and belonging
As an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla must reckon with the choices their children have made. There is Hadia: their headstrong, eldest daughter, whose marriage is a match of love and not tradition. Huda, the middle child, determined to follow in her sister's footsteps. And lastly, their estranged son, Amar, who returns to the family fold for the first time in three years to take his place as brother of the bride. What secrets and betrayals have caused this close-knit family to fracture? Can Amar find his way back to the people who know and love him best?
A Place for Us takes us back to the beginning of this family's life: from the bonds that bring them together, to the differences that pull them apart. All the joy and struggle of family life is here, from Rafiq and Layla's own arrival in America from India, to the years in which their children-each in their own way-tread between two cultures, seeking to find their place in the world, as well as a path home.
A Place for Us is a book for our times: an astonishingly tender-hearted novel of identity and belonging, and a resonant portrait of what it means to be an American family today. It announces Fatima Farheen Mirza as a major new literary talent.
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Reviews for A Place for Us
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Writing good. Characters well drawn good story and character arcs. If you like single family sagas you will really enjoy this one. Very interesting I formation with great details about Muslim religion and culture. Shows tension between a strict follower father and his more modern son. It did get a little repetitive as it gave situation from various POVs, also ver
Y non linear, so trader can get a little confused. Narration is excellent. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It started off slow but it was such a great one.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A stunning and intimate view of family and a great lesson on perspective.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Slow start and horrible ending, but the core of the book was goid