{"product_id":"home-fire-by-kamila-shamsie","title":"Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie - USED","description":"\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZEA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDAND\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The book for our times'\u003c\/b\u003e - Judges of the Women's Prize\u003cb\u003e'Elegant and evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I've read in a novel this century'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003eIsma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in America, resuming 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.Then Eamonn enters the sisters' lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz's salvation? Two families' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love?A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles' Antigone, \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide - confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times.\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Circus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43616854507583,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/16978553482689.jpg?v=1785214035","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/home-fire-by-kamila-shamsie","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}