![]() ![]() I felt so many things while reading this book, but in the end, it was a complete joy to read. I've decided one of the things I love about young contemporary literary writers is their optimism, and how they handle an ending. ![]() I loved this book about books, music, and girls trying to be more than they were told they could be. I love stories of forbidden identities in traditional spaces, stories of how they subsumed those spaces or broke free or both. ![]() So I won't ruin this beautiful book for you in this way. This is because it is a story that depends at least in part on surprise, or more generally than that even, on form, for its potency and effect. ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION by Bushra Rehman is a book I will struggle to describe further without ruining it for you. ROSES is quiet, but ferocious - I found it utterly unpredictable and I was on the edge of my seat while I read. New York back drops ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION by Bushra Rehman, a story about young girls' friendship bearing up (or not) under the strain of expectation, family life and love for Islam, a misfit in a new country finding her own country, and a fight for first romance. Thank you NetGally, Bushra Rehman, and MacMillan Audio for an advanced audio copy of this beautiful book. ![]()
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