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Playing Games: The gorgeous debut novel from the acclaimed author of How We Met

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Language
English
Publishers
Sceptre (4 July 2024)
Weight
0.04 KG
Publication Date
04/07/2024
ISBN-10
1529368774
Pages
320 pages
ISBN-13
9781529368772
Dimensions
13 x 2.4 x 19.4 cm
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9781529368772
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Huma Qureshi (Author)
Huma Qureshi is the award-winning author of four books, including How We Met: A Memoir Of Love and Other Misadventures and the short story collection, Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love, both published to critical acclaim in 2021. In 2022, How We Met was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction award, and Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love was long listed for both The Jhalak Prize and The Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Her first book, In Spite of Oceans, received The John C Laurence Award. In 2020, Huma won the Harper's Bazaar Short Story Prize, with her story The Jam Maker. Her novel, Playing Games, will be published in November 2023. Huma writes the popular newsletter Dear Huma and teaches a variety of creative writing courses via her website, www.humaqureshi.co.ukRead more about this authorRead less about this author
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'Radiantly honest' Mail on Sunday'Poignant' Guardian'A gem of a novel' iThe remarkable debut novel from critically acclaimed writer Huma Qureshi: a poignant story of art and sisterhood, family, marriage and betrayalHana is a successful lawyer, with a perfect home and marriage. But she longs to be a mother, and her husband remains hesitant.

Mira, her younger sister, is stuck working at a local café, renting a room from a flatmate she hates. She dreams of a creative life, but just she can't find the right inspiration.

One night, Mira witnesses an argument between Hana and her husband. Their words spark something in her and she starts typing.

But what stories are ours to tell? And how much can be forgiven?'Huma Qureshi writes with wisdom and heart' Pandora Sykes'Warm and moving . .

. Playing Games thoughtfully and elegantly considers what it means to be a sister, a mother and a writer' Chloë Ashby, author of Wet Paint'A riveting and evocative tale of two sisters navigating love, loss and desires' Zeba Talkhani, author of My Past is a Foreign Country.

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