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Why we're reading this: A retelling of Antigone tucked inside the story of a Pakistani-British family whose children bear the ram…more
[close] A retelling of Antigone tucked inside the story of a Pakistani-British family whose children bear the ramifications of having a jihadi father.

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Oct 02, 2019 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-club, fiction

I love book clubs. I love my library book club. Reading book club books pushes you to read books by authors new to you, books that won awards but missed out on publicity buzz. Book clubs should read books that challenge them and that facilitate discussion. I didn't really love this book. It was very very good, but I loved reading it with my book group because it does all of those things perfectly.
This is a modern retelling of Antigone set in London by two Pakistani British families. The storyli ...more

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Jan 26, 2019 Laura Vultaggio rated it really liked it

This is a devastatingly beautiful book about love (parental love, sibling love, romantic love) and is very different from other books I have read featuring extremists as it focuses on the ways in which the family members of extremists are affected by their actions and how those actions affect their relationships. Very interesting and captivating read!

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