A Place for Us

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza, read by Deepti Gupta and Sunil Malhotra.

A Place for Us catches an Indian Muslim family as they prepare for their eldest daughter’s wedding. But as Hadia’s marriage -- one chosen of love, not tradition -- gathers the family back together, there is only one thing on their minds: can Amar, the estranged younger brother of the bride, be trusted to behave himself after three years away?

A Place for Us tells the story of one family, but all family life is here. Rafiq and Layla must come to terms with the choices their children have made, while Hadia, Huda and Amar must reconcile their present culture with their parents’ world, treading a path between old and new. And they must all learn how the smallest decisions can lead to the deepest betrayals.

This is a novel for our times: a deeply moving examination of love, identity and belonging that turns our preconceptions over one by one. It announces Fatima Farheen Mirza as a major new literary talent.

'To be taken hostage by Fatima Mirza’s heartrending and timely story is a gutting pleasure... She captures your mind and heart with an urgency that defies you to stop reading. I guarantee you will be different when you close the book' Sarah Jessica Parker

'Beautiful, intimate, tender. So vividly told the characters live and breathe' Rachel Joyce

'A brilliant, highly readable contemporary tale of identity and belonging' Elle

Critics Review

  • I’m particularly interested in stories of immigrants and I loved Fatima Farheen Mirza’s A Place for Us, about an Indian family living in America

    Observer

  • Deeply moving… The story comes together gradually, through the perspective of various family members, as it weaves through different points in time. Mirza’s writing is poignantly beautiful

    Daily Mail

  • I loved every minute of this novel; Mirza’s prose and her story squeezed my heart, and I had to take a very long, deep breath upon finishing the book. This is a writer to watch out for

    Stylist

  • The depth of the storytelling and the beauty of the language makes this debut something to treasure. Highly recommended

    John Boyne

  • Telling the story via multiple perspectives, the author paints an incredibly textured and compassionate portrait of the characters’ lives. Their love for one another is undeniable, yet their inability to communicate it is devastating. As they collectively and individually struggle with the expectations of their heritage as well as contemporary life, A Place For Us is a timeless, yet also timely, family epic

    Irish Times

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