BROWN GIRLS by Daphne Palasi Andreadas (4th Estate) Welcomed into the world with a long list of endorsements from the likes of Megha Majumdar and Raven Leilani, Brown Girls, out next month, dives deep into the lives of a group of young women of colour growing up in Queens, New York, and follows their journey from girlhood to adulthood. A love letter to women of colour the world over, the 2016 Booker Prize winner Paul Beatty put it best when he described the book as “a late-night FM radio dedication to the crew, the block, and the mission”.
THE RETURN OF FARAZ ALI
BY AAMINA AHMAD
(RIVERHEAD BOOKS)
Praised by award-winning novelists Kamila Shamsie and Yaa Gyasi, and set in the “walled-off-world of Lahore’s red-light district” during Pakistan in the anarchic late 1960s, Ahmad’s novel, out in April 2022, is a multilayered and multigenerational saga where power and patriarchy, politics and corruption collide in a caste-ridden society. Gripping, moving and atmospheric, this book is a quest for answers among secrets in the city’s alleys.
WE MOVE
BY GURNAIK JOHAL
(SERPENT’S TAIL)
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THE PROMISED LAND
Generations of rural women have been refused a well-deserved seat at the decision-making table. Now, through upskilling and technological know-how, their daughters are taking their place at its head.
HOT!
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DOWN TO EARTH
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Ms. Brightside
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A gift in time
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Didn't do it for the 'gram
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LA DOLCE VITA
From a Sicily-inspired haldi to walking down the aisle twice for the Muslim and Sikh ceremonies, Malia Taqbeem and Abhay Dhaliwal's Italian wedding was the perfect missing piece to complete their serendipitous love story
