Best of Friends
Book description
_______________ ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 ** CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES AND IRISH TIMES ** 'A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces' - Madeline Miller 'A shining tour de force' - Ali Smith,…
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In 1988 Karachi two fourteen-year-old schoolgirls Zahra and Maryam share teenage kicks, secrets, and a love of George Michael. When Pakistan’s dictator is assassinated, the girls’ idyllic world falls apart in one dreadful, frightening evening.
Now in contemporary London the two are highly successful women, still enjoying their friendship until one day the past erupts.
I loved the novel’s many levels: political intrigue, the brilliantly evoked worlds of Pakistan and London, the significance of women’s friendship. I would love to have women friends like…
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