SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025<\/p>\n
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2025<\/p>\n
\u2018Enormously entertaining\u2019THE TIMES<\/p>\n
\u2018Unputdownable\u2019 HARPER’S BAZAAR<\/p>\n
\u2018Funny, sharp and insightful \u2026 a triumph\u2019 LAUREN LAVERNE<\/p>\n
\u2018Magnificent\u2019 BERNARDINE EVARISTO<\/p>\n
Five women. Three generations. A whole lot of family history.<\/p>\n
The Valiat family are in crisis. Elizabeth, the regal matriarch, remained in Tehran despite the revolution with only the Islamic law-breaking Niaz for company. Meanwhile, in America, Shirin, Seema and Bita are wondering if their gleaming lives in \u2018the land of plenty\u2019 are all they had hoped for.<\/p>\n
When an annual vacation goes wildly awry and Shirin is arrested, long-held Valiat family secrets begin to surface. As their lives are turned upside down, could revealing the truth save their family or might it break them apart, once and for all?<\/p>\n
\u2018Funny, gutsy and confidently written \u2026 an outstanding debut\u2019 DIANA EVANS, 2025 Women\u2019s Prize Judge<\/p>\n
\u2018Mesmerising\u2019 MONICA ALI, author of Love Marriage<\/p>\n
\u2018A joy of a debut\u2019 DAVID MITCHELL, author of Utopia Avenue<\/p>\n
\u2018Darkly funny, richly satisfying\u2019 SARAH WINMAN, author of Still Life<\/p>\n
\u2018As funny as it is moving\u2019GUARDIAN<\/p>\n
\u2018Riotous \u2026 will have you hooked\u2019STYLIST<\/p>\n
\u2018As exuberant as it is sharp\u2019 iNEWS<\/p>\n
\u2018A sweeping and irreverent tale\u2019BBC<\/p>\n
\u2018Gloriously engrossing\u2019 TASH AW, author of The South<\/p>\n
\u2018Exuberant, comic, perceptive\u2019 AMINA CAIN, author of Indelicacy<\/p>\n
\u2018A very brilliant, very special book\u2019 JESSICA STANLEY, author of Consider Yourself Kissed<\/p>\n
\u2018An unforgettable read\u2019 JOSIE FERGUSON, author of The Silence In Between<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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