A story from Leila Aboulela to stir the heart and awaken vital conversations about love.
Maryam will avenge her father's death alone. With her amulet, she abandons all to find the person who made the order to kill him.
About the author
Leila Aboulela was the first winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. She is the author of four novels, The Kindness of Enemies, The Translator, a New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year, Minaret, and Lyrics Alley, Fiction Winner of the Scottish Book Awards. Her work has been translated into fifteen languages, and she was longlisted three times for the Orange Prize. A collection of her short stories, Elsewhere, Home, is forthcoming in summer 2018. Leila grew up in Sudan and moved, in her midtwenties, to Scotland. www.leila-aboulela.com