{"product_id":"9781526679987","title":"Home Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Shamsie, Kamila\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526679987\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eA 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book for our times' \u003c\/b\u003e- Judges of the Women's Prize\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor girls, becoming women was inevitability; for boys, becoming men was ambition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643232768158,"sku":"UBD-9781526679987","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526679987.jpg?v=1774484834","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526679987","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}