Broken Verses

Simona

Broken Verses | Kamila Shamsie

Four books for Reading Asia, and one audiobook as companion for walks. #weeklyforecast

Cinfhen

Cinfhen I‘m curious about your #Mongolia choice!!! I‘m missing that country 4y

Simona @Cinfhen Another for Mongolia, and both of them are on Scribd

Mongol

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rockpools I liked Broken Voices although read it years ago (pre-Litsy) - not an easy read though. And I have Mongol ready to read in the future! Have a good week , Simona! 4y

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rockpools *Verses (so long ago I forgot the title!) 4y

Simona @rockpools I loved Home Fire by her, and I have same high expectations for this book also. A good week too you too🥰 4y

BarbaraBB Looking forward to your thoughts. I loved Home Fire too and also

Burnt Shadows: A Novel

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ReadingEnvy

Broken Verses | Kamila Shamsie

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Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan's greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. In present-day Karachi, her daughter Aasmaani has just discovered a letter in the couple's private code—a letter that could only have been written recently."

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ReadingEnvy This book has many layers but I was also interested in the portrayal of modern day Pakistan - one woman is an activist, another an actress, another works for a TV station. Aasmaani was never her mother's priority but she is still searching for her and it is heartbreaking. 5y

ReadingEnvy I had previously read Home Fires by the same author, which was largely set outside of Pakistan, and wanted to read something set in the country for my Around the World reading project. Most of this novel is set in Karachi but some characters also go to Islamabad. Ramzan (we sometimes call it Ramadan) is also observed during the novel, which is interesting when everyone "should" be observing it. 5y

Lindy This sounds really good. I enjoyed Shamsie‘s Home Fire and also Burnt Shadows (which is also set outside Pakistan). The most memorable book I‘ve read set in Pakistan is

The Scatter Here Is Too Great

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BarbaraBB I‘ve read the same ones @Lindy did and really want to read more by her. This book sounds great! 5y

ju.ca.no @ReadingEnvy Home Fire was such a good book- this one sounds intriguing again! 5y

ReadingEnvy @Lindy oh thanks hadn't heard of that one. 5y

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Insightsintobooks

Broken Verses | Kamila Shamsie

#kindledeal #kindledeals #ebooksale

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Kristelh

Broken Verses | Kamila Shamsie

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This sums up the theme for this book and for our times of women who choose to march. Oh, it's also about loss and grief but it was a slowww read for me.

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Kristelh

Broken Verses | Kamila Shamsie

Currently reading, @Liberty #STACKEDUP
#bookclub read #August #2017

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Kristelh

Broken Verses | Kamila Shamsie

Starting this, #f2fbookclubread

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Kristelh

Broken Verses | Kamila Shamsie

#augusttbr #augustf2f this is my August books plus a few more

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Ellen_C

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Loved this novel! It's a mystery and love story about the complex relationship between a missing mother and her now adult daughter. Set in Karachi, Pakistan, the story also involves politics and repression as well as pop culture and a Garbo-like actress making a comeback. https://cannonballread.com/2017/05/mystery-love-story-both/

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