Description
In modern-day Karachi, a young woman named Aasmaani is pulled into a web of secrets that blurs the line between private grief and public upheaval. As she confronts the fractured memories of her “abnormal” childhood, her search for truth becomes a coded, suspenseful journey through family loyalties, political tensions, and the stories people tell to survive. With the intimacy of a mother-daughter tale at its core, the novel explores how trauma, identity, and memory shape the lives we think we’re meant to live. Kamila Shamsie’s distinctive, propulsive style—part thriller, part literary mystery—turns personal history into a lens for understanding a nation in motion.
Available Editions
paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published Jan 1, 2005
352 pages
ISBN: 9780747580027
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First Published
2005
Language
eng
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