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Daughters of Smoke and Fire

A Novel

by Ava Homa ...

“A story of slowly-building self-liberation and resilience. . . . Our conversations around this book are going to be meaningful, engaging and urgently necessary.” —Roxane GayThe unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writerSet primarily in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel ... Read more

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“A story of slowly-building self-liberation and resilience. . . . Our conversations around this book are going to be meaningful, engaging and urgently necessary.” —Roxane GayThe unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writerSet primarily in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel
... Read more

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Echoes from the Other Land

by Ava Homa ...

These haunting stories beautifully evoke the oppressive lives of modern women in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Anis, a computer programmer, is at the end of her rope, putting up with the bullying criticism of a no-good, unemployed lout of a husband; Azar is a young divorcee, and the only person she can talk to is Reza; but she can see him only late at night when “they” are not around; Sharmin has ... Read more

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These haunting stories beautifully evoke the oppressive lives of modern women in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Anis, a computer programmer, is at the end of her rope, putting up with the bullying criticism of a no-good, unemployed lout of a husband; Azar is a young divorcee, and the only person she can talk to is Reza; but she can see him only late at night when “they” are not around; Sharmin has
... Read more
Geographies of the Heart

Stories from Newcomers to Canada

Edited by Raymonde Tickner, Amea Wilbur, Zahida Rahemtulla, Kerry Johnson ...

A settlement worker recalls being a child soldier in Sudan; a woman from Trinidad applies to over a hundred jobs; and a teacher from Afghanistan grapples with what it means to be a migrant in a colonized land.In Geographies of the Heart, eighteen newcomers to Canada tell their own stories, in their own voices. These accounts push back against misconceptions about immigration and immigrants by ... Read more

$23.79 USD

A settlement worker recalls being a child soldier in Sudan; a woman from Trinidad applies to over a hundred jobs; and a teacher from Afghanistan grapples with what it means to be a migrant in a colonized land.In Geographies of the Heart, eighteen newcomers to Canada tell their own stories, in their own voices. These accounts push back against misconceptions about immigration and immigrants by
... Read more
Kurdistan + 100

Stories from a Future State

by Jahangir Mahmoudveysi, Jîl Şwanî, Yildiz Cakar, Qadir Agid, Selahattin Demirtas, Omer Dilsoz, Muharrem Erbey, Nariman Evdike, Ava Homa, Sema Kaygusuz, Hüseyin Karabey, Karzan Kardozi, Meral Simsek ...

Series series Future's past
Winner of a PEN Translates Award 2021Kurdistan + 100 poses a question to contemporary Kurdish writers: Might the Kurds one day have a country to call their own? With 13 stories all set in the year 2046 – exactly a century after the first glimmer of Kurdish independence, the short-lived Republic of Mahabad – this book offers a space for new expressions and new possibilities in the ongoing struggle ... Read more

$7.49 USD

Winner of a PEN Translates Award 2021Kurdistan + 100 poses a question to contemporary Kurdish writers: Might the Kurds one day have a country to call their own? With 13 stories all set in the year 2046 – exactly a century after the first glimmer of Kurdish independence, the short-lived Republic of Mahabad – this book offers a space for new expressions and new possibilities in the ongoing struggle
... Read more
The Uncaged Voice

Stories by Writers in Exile

by Aaron Berhane, Gezahegn M. Demissie, Alexander Duarte, Ava Homa, Abdulrahman Matar, Ilamaran Nagarasa, Dishaly Ilamaran, Luis Horacio Nájera, Kiran Nazish, Pedro A. Restrepo, Maria Saba, Kaziwa Salih, PhD, Mahdi Saremifar, Bilal Sarwary, Savithri, Arzu Yildiz ...

Freedom, truth, and justice are taken for granted in some countries. In others, they are aspirational. And yet in others, they are deemed justification for persecution, punishment, and silence.Through first-person essays and short stories, the contributors to The Uncaged Voice share their brutal yet heart-rending tales of fleeing the oppressive regimes of their homelands, where freedom of ... Read more

$10.69 USD

Freedom, truth, and justice are taken for granted in some countries. In others, they are aspirational. And yet in others, they are deemed justification for persecution, punishment, and silence.Through first-person essays and short stories, the contributors to The Uncaged Voice share their brutal yet heart-rending tales of fleeing the oppressive regimes of their homelands, where freedom of
... Read more
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Daughters of Smoke and Fire

A Novel

by Ava Homa ...

Narrated by Vaneh Assadourian ...

Unabridged

11 hours 5 min

The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother—the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writerSet in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel takes listeners into the everyday lives of the Kurds. Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up. ... Read more

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The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother—the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writerSet in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel takes listeners into the everyday lives of the Kurds. Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up.
... Read more

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ΙΡΑΝ - Εκεί που θάψαμε τα όνειρά μας

by Ava Homa ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Theos E ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Σε έναν τόπο όπου τα όνειρα θάβονται πριν προλάβουν να ανθίσουν, η Λεϊλά μεγαλώνει μαθαίνοντας τι σημαίνει να είσαι γυναίκα και Κούρδισσα στο Ιράν. Η ζωή της σημαδεύεται από απώλειες, βία και σιωπή, αλλά και από την πεισματική ανάγκη να μην ξεχάσει, να μην παραδοθεί!Όταν ο αγαπημένος της αδελφός εξαφανίζεται, η Λεϊλά αρνείται να αποδεχτεί τη μοίρα που ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Σε έναν τόπο όπου τα όνειρα θάβονται πριν προλάβουν να ανθίσουν, η Λεϊλά μεγαλώνει μαθαίνοντας τι σημαίνει να είσαι γυναίκα και Κούρδισσα στο Ιράν. Η ζωή της σημαδεύεται από απώλειες, βία και σιωπή, αλλά και από την πεισματική ανάγκη να μην ξεχάσει, να μην παραδοθεί!Όταν ο αγαπημένος της αδελφός εξαφανίζεται, η Λεϊλά αρνείται να αποδεχτεί τη μοίρα που
... Read more

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Hieroglyphics

by Jill McCorkle ...

Narrated by Xe Sands ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

A mesmerizing novel about the burden of secrets carried across generationsLil and Frank married young, launched into courtship when they bonded over how they both—suddenly, tragically—lost a parent when they were children. Over time, their marriage grew and strengthened, with each still wishing for so much more understanding of the parents they’d lost prematurely.Now, after many years in Boston, ... Read more

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A mesmerizing novel about the burden of secrets carried across generationsLil and Frank married young, launched into courtship when they bonded over how they both—suddenly, tragically—lost a parent when they were children. Over time, their marriage grew and strengthened, with each still wishing for so much more understanding of the parents they’d lost prematurely.Now, after many years in Boston,
... Read more

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Anna K

A Love Story

by Jenny Lee ...

Series Book 1 - Anna K
A dazzling reimagining of Tolstoy's timeless love story, Anna Karenina, set in the glittering world of Manhattan's elite.Meet Anna K: At seventeen, she's at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society, even if she prefers the company of her horses and dogs. She has the perfect (if perfectly boring) boyfriend, Alexander W., and has always made her Korean-American father proud, even if he can be a ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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A dazzling reimagining of Tolstoy's timeless love story, Anna Karenina, set in the glittering world of Manhattan's elite.Meet Anna K: At seventeen, she's at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society, even if she prefers the company of her horses and dogs. She has the perfect (if perfectly boring) boyfriend, Alexander W., and has always made her Korean-American father proud, even if he can be a
... Read more

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The Mountains Sing

by Que Mai Phan Nguyen ...

This “moving and riveting” book shares a layered, epic, multigenerational story of the Vietnam war and its aftermath (Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sympathizer)With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the ... Read more

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This “moving and riveting” book shares a layered, epic, multigenerational story of the Vietnam war and its aftermath (Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sympathizer)With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the
... Read more
Girl, Woman, Other

A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

by Bernardine Evaristo ...

Series series Booker Prize Winner
NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE“A must-read about modern Britain and womanhood . . . An impressive, fierce novel about the lives of black British families, their struggles, pains, laughter, longings and loves . . . Her style is passionate, razor-sharp, brimming with energy and humor. There is never a single moment of dullness in this book and the pace does not allow you to turn away ... Read more

$12.29 USD

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE“A must-read about modern Britain and womanhood . . . An impressive, fierce novel about the lives of black British families, their struggles, pains, laughter, longings and loves . . . Her style is passionate, razor-sharp, brimming with energy and humor. There is never a single moment of dullness in this book and the pace does not allow you to turn away
... Read more
The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow ...

**"A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers, and the doors they lead us through...absolutely enchanting." —Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost BoysA young woman in the early 1900s embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical novel.**In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January ... Read more

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**"A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers, and the doors they lead us through...absolutely enchanting." —Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost BoysA young woman in the early 1900s embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical novel.**In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January
... Read more

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