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Home Fire

By: Kamila Shamsie
Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
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Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London - or their brother, Parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew.

Then Eamonn enters the sisters' lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz's salvation?

Two families' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love? A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles' Antigone, Home Fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide - confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times.

©2017 Kamila Shamsie (P)2017 Penguin Audio Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt Scary Thought-Provoking Inspiring Dream

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Steps insightfully from character to character, leading us with them as they spiral into the mire. Nothing vanilla or sweet about this story, it leaves a mark that is sharp and lasting.

Hard truths

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If it were available I'd have given this 2.5 stars. I didn't love it but didn't hate it either. Tania Rodrigues narration was excellent. At times the writing style felt too much like YA for me. The ending took me by surprise. I think that off the back of this that I might look for some memoir about the experience of the B.A.M.E. community in the U.K. The ending really surprised me. It was a difficult listen.

Undecided

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Kamila Shamsie's heart breaking story tells us so much about the damage caused by jihadis, both by their repulsive existence and the global political and social response to it. But it really spoke to me as a story about grief, the depths of it and its affect on our humanity. A tense, moving and well-paced novel, and I highly recommend it.

Left me breathless

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If you were to take all the headlines relating to extremist and minority groups and put them into one story, this would be the result. It felt to me that the author had a lot to say about how Islamaphobia affects ordinary people and the potential consequences of stereotyping and political correctness. As each of these is a huge subject on its own, I felt that they were rather trivialised by putting them into one story. The coincidence of a (rather secular) Muslim Home Secretary being appointed and making controversial decisions was interesting though the chance of his (privileged) son becoming involved with extremists was a bit of a leap. Sorry if this is a spoiler...

An unlikely tale of headline stories

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This was depressing and very disturbing. Very graphic about Isis and terrorist behaviour. Definitely not a relaxing enjoyablevread, although offers some insight to what goes on.

terrible

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Could have easily sat and listen to this book in one sitting. Absolutely gripping and engrossing. Each character fully rounded and defined.

Gripping

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That’s all I can say. Just brilliant. I went out for an hour’s walk as I was beginning to get to the end .... but in the end kept going for 10 miles, because I couldn’t stop listening.

Just brilliant!

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it was a surprise when the story suddenly changed into another. i did find the ending to be over engineered.

2 stories in one, over engineered ending

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Brilliant :) loved it. Amazing story telling. very thought provoking and well written. Extremely sad

Exceptional

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The book has been much talked about and praised. I'm disappointed. Some sections are very mundane and the characters fail to engage me. Attempts to reflect the ancient Greek tragedies do not convince.

Disappointing

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