‘Smart and gripping – I read it in one sitting. Tara is a glorious creation, crackling with life and aspiration and sensuality’ Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire

'An intoxicating, high-voltage mix of female rage, economic ambition, erotic awakening, and biting disdain aimed at the expectations faced by women in contemporary Pakistani society, Tara's voice will sear itself in your consciousness like the scowl of a convict facing the firing squad. Never have my sympathies been so roused, tested, and provoked by a character both heroic and tragic, wily and cornered, raw and charred... a magnificent sophomore novel, replete with Amna's trademark lyricism and sparkling wit' Aube Rey Lescure, author of River East, River West

– A major marketing and publicity campaign to reach literary fiction readers

– Perfect for readers of Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan and the Neapolitan novels by Elena Ferrante.

– Written by a critically acclaimed author: Dur e Aziz Amna won the 2019 Financial Times/Bodley Head Essay Prize and was named Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022).

– Her debut novel, American Fever, won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and the South Asia Book Award, earning praise for its sharp storytelling and emotional depth.

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