How can you live in the present when youre trying to bury the past
A sweeping tale of resilience i News
An ineffably touching novel by a talented young author Saga Magazine
Harrowing yet upliftingA visceral exploration of family identity and loss Sunday Post
Ramadan 2017 Yusuf wakes in the middle of the night to pray His routine is always the same but something tells him that tonight is different Yellow flames blur Yusufs vision and the laughter of a small child echoes in his ears But this time the red smokefilled skies arent just in his memory
Miles away Rubi is also awake On the television she watches reports of a devastating fire in London She is already anxious when her parents send her to stay with her Grandpa Yusuf whose conservative house rules are almost as unbearable as the loneliness she feels at home Yusufs lifestyle does not gel with Rubis But when she finds him scared and confused one night it becomes clear that theres more to her grandfather than Rubi ever considered
As Yusuf grapples with the past Rubi is determined to save him But the memories that are recovered and spoken of for the first time in years are more painful than she could have imagined
From the Costa Prizeshortlisted author of The Family Tree and Womens Prize x Good Housekeeping Futures Finalist Hidden Fires is a powerful story of grief and loss the power of family and the long arm of history
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Praise for Hidden Fires
A tale of how we can live together yet be so far apart and of how bridges can be built Womans Weekly
Hussain captures a thousand untold stories in one The New Arab
There are not only hidden fires in this novel but myriad hidden lives It treats difficult serious subjects of buried trauma with real care combined with a lightness of touch that carries the novel with humour surprise and love Ross Raisin author of A Hunger
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