Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion

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Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Rehman, Bushra

Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion

$27.65

Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion

$27.65
Author: Bushra Rehman
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Padma Lakshmi Book Club Pick

For fans of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community

"Stunningly beautiful." --The New York Times Book Review

"An unforgettable voice that moves you from the start." --People Magazine

Razia Mirza grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, with her best friend, Saima, by her side. When a family rift drives the girls apart, Razia's heart is broken. She finds solace in Taslima, a new girl in her close-knit Pakistani-American community. They embark on a series of small rebellions: listening to scandalous music, wearing miniskirts, and cutting school to explore the city.

When Razia is accepted to Stuyvesant, a prestigious high school in Manhattan, the gulf between the person she is and the daughter her parents want her to be, widens. At Stuyvesant, Razia meets Angela and is attracted to her in a way that blossoms into a new understanding. When their relationship is discovered by an Aunty in the community, Razia must choose between her family and her own future.

Punctuated by both joy and loss, full of '80s music and beloved novels, Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion is a new classic: a fiercely compassionate coming-of-age story of a girl struggling to reconcile her heritage and faith with her desire to be true to herself.

Author: Bushra Rehman
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 12/05/2023
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.51w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9781250834805

About the Author
Bushra Rehman grew up in Corona, Queens. She is co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism, and author of the novel Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, the poetry collection Marianna's Beauty Salon, and the dark comedy Corona, one of the New York Public Library's favorite books about NYC.

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