Bright Lines

Named a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize, and...
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SKU: 9780143123132
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Author: Tanwi Nandini Islam
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Bright Lines by Islam, Tanwi Nandini

Bright Lines

¥4,682

Bright Lines

¥4,682
Author: Tanwi Nandini Islam
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Named a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize, and the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award

ONE OF THE CUT'S 13 BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH

"A Brooklyn-by-way-of-Bangladesh Royal Tenenbaums."--The Denver Post

A vibrant debut novel, set in Brooklyn and Bangladesh, follows three young women and one family struggling to make peace with secrets and their past

For as long as she can remember, Ella has longed to feel at home. Orphaned as a child after her parents' murder, and afflicted with hallucinations at dusk, she's always felt more at ease in nature than with people. She traveled from Bangladesh to Brooklyn to live with the Saleems: her uncle Anwar, aunt Hashi, and their beautiful daughter, Charu, her complete opposite. One summer, when Ella returns home from college, she discovers Charu's friend Maya--an Islamic cleric's runaway daughter--asleep in her bedroom.

As the girls have a summer of clandestine adventure and sexual awakenings, Anwar--owner of a popular botanical apothecary--has his own secrets, threatening his thirty-year marriage. But when tragedy strikes, the Saleems find themselves blamed. To keep his family from unraveling, Anwar takes them on a fated trip to Bangladesh, to reckon with the past, their extended family, and each other.

Author: Tanwi Nandini Islam
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 08/11/2015
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780143123132


Award: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 06/15/2015
Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 77
Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 27
Shelf Awareness 08/28/2015

About the Author
Tanwi Nandini Islam is a writer, multimedia artist, and founder of Hi Wildflower Botanica, a handcrafted natural perfume and skincare line. A graduate of Vassar College and Brooklyn College's MFA program, she lives in Brooklyn.


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