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Better Left Unsaid

By: Tufayel Ahmed
Narrated by: Shridhar Solanki, Sharmila Devar, Kemmer Keswani Cope
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Summary

Three siblings. Three promises. Three lifetimes of saying all the wrong things…

“A family drama with a huge amount of heart… A powerful, hopeful read.”—Bobby Palmer

“A layered and powerful story about family and identity. Tufayel Ahmed is a talented and vital voice.”—Lauren Ho

“Entertaining, poignant, and eye-opening.”—Justin Myers (The Guyliner)

Since their mother’s death, siblings Imran, Sumaya and Majid have drifted in three very different directions, trying to live up to the last promises they each made to her. But when a viral news piece throws an unwanted spotlight on the family, they’re drawn back into each other’s lives for the first time in years.

With the media attention exposing the cracks in Imran’s already fragile marriage, he begs Sumaya to return from New York to help—but living under the same roof again after all this time brings up all the secrets they’d both thought long-buried. And now nothing can stop the truth from coming out…

With the promises they once made in tatters, is this a chance for the siblings to finally live the lives they’ve always wanted and rebuild the bond they once had? Or has too much already been said?

©2023 Tufayel Ahmed. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Critic reviews

“Shridhar Solanki, Sharmila Devar, and Kemmer Keswani Cope work together to bring to life this well-told family drama.… Well-versed in South Asian culture, the narrators enrich this listening experience with accurate pronunciations of the Arabic words and names scattered throughout.… Solanki, Devar, and Keswani, handle the various characters with a deftness that allows listeners to immerse themselves in the family drama without missing a beat.” AudioFile Magazine

“With its vividly-rendered cast of characters and an intriguing plot that gives up its secrets with great emotional precision, Better Left Unsaid is a layered and powerful story about family and identity. Tufayel Ahmed is a talented and vital voice.” —Lauren Ho, author of Last Tang Standing and Lucie Yi is Not a Romantic

“A family drama with a huge amount of heart, I tore through it in about two days. A powerful, hopeful read.” —Bobby Palmer

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Too simplistic

After reading the great reviews, I expected a good experience listening to this. sadly the book felt like it was written by a teenager, with clichéd characters and unrealistic events. the narration was also a distraction from the story, with the male narrator speaking slowly as if explaining to a child and the female narrator slipping into an accent (south London?) which dropped most of the t's and th's ( the use of, I think "men'al ellh actually damaged my mental health ).This may have been deliberate, but it stood out to an such an extent that it spoiled the enjoyment of listening for me.

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