Bright Lines: A Novel

Bright Lines: A Novel

Named a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the
the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize, and the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award

â€œA Brooklyn-by-way-of-Bangladesh Royal Tenenbaums.â€â€”The Denver Post

A vibrant debut novel, set in Brooklyn and Bangladesh, follows three young women and one family struggling to make peace with secrets and their past

For as long as she can remember, Ella has longed to feel at home. Orphaned as a child after her parentsâ€™ murder, and afflicted with hallucinations at dusk, sheâ€™s always felt more at ease in nature than with people. She traveled from Bangladesh to Brooklyn to live with the Saleems: her uncle Anwar, aunt Hashi, and their beautiful daughter, Charu, her complete opposite. One summer, when Ella returns home from college, she discovers Charuâ€™s friend Mayaâ€”an Islamic clericâ€™s runaway daughterâ€”asleep in her bedroom.Â
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As the girls have a summer of clandestine adventure and sexual awakenings, Anwarâ€”owner of a popular botanical apothecaryâ€”has his own secrets, threatening his thirty-year marriage. But when tragedy strikes, the Saleems find themselves blamed. To keep his family from unraveling, Anwar takes them on a fated trip to Bangladesh, to reckon with the past, their extended family, and each other.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 4655
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2015-08-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143123132

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	4655
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2015-08-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143123132

Bright Lines: A Novel

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