Silence is a Sense: ‘Lyrical, moving, revealing’ - Tracy Chevalier - Softcover

AlAmmar, Layla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0008346690 ISBN 13: 9780008346690

Publisher: The Borough Press, 2022

Synopsis

A SUNDAY TIMES STYLE RECOMMEND‘Lyrical, moving, revealing’TRACY CHEVALIER‘Brilliant’ NIKITA LALWANI‘Such beautiful writing… A little bit Rear Window, a little bit Home Fire, a little bit Shameless. I loved it'' LOUISA YOUNG‘Daring and devastating’ FIONA MOZLEYA young woman spends her days watching the neighbours through their windows. She is a refugee, who has seen the failure of the Arab Spring in her homeland and who has been traumatized into silence by her brutal journey from Syria to Britain.As an outsider, a mute voyeur, she sees everything, she hears everything: the love, the fighting, the families, the secrets, the lies, the sex, the shame. Slowly drawn into the community that surrounds her, she begins to come to terms with all she has lost. After a brutal attack on the local mosque, she realises she is the only witness to the truth behind the violence. But will she finally speak of all she''s seen?Rear Window meets Exit West, this beautifully written novel tells the powerful story of one woman’s trauma and her gradual healing.

About this title

About the Author

Layla AlAmmar grew up in Kuwait, with an American mother and a Kuwaiti father. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. Her work has appeared in the Evening Standard, Quail Bell Magazine and Aesthetica Magazine, where she was a finalist for the Creative Writing Award 2015. She currently lives in Kuwait. The Pact We Made is her debut novel.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Borough Press
• Publication date: 2022
• ISBN 10: 0008346690
• ISBN 13: 9780008346690
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256