‘A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces’ MADELINE MILLER
CHOSEN AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY THE GUARDIAN, BBC, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, IRISH TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES
Maryam and Zahra.
In 1988 Karachi, two fourteen-year-old girls are a decade into their friendship, sharing in-jokes, secrets and a love for George Michael. As Pakistan’s dictatorship falls and a woman comes to power, the world suddenly seems full of possibilities. Elated by the change in the air, they make a snap decision at a party. That night, everything goes wrong, and the two girls are powerless to change the outcome.
Zahra and Maryam.
In present-day London, two influential women remain bound together by loyalties, disloyalties, and the memory of that night, which echoes through the present in unexpected ways. Now both have power; and both have very different ideas of how to wield it… Their friendship has always felt unbreakable; can it be undone by one decision?
An epic story that explores the ties of childhood friendship, the possibility of escape, the way the political world intrudes into the personal, all through the lens of two sharply drawn protagonists’ Observer
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Imprint: Bloomsbury Circus
Publication date: 05/09/2023
Best of Friends
by Kamila Shamsie
Review by Livvy
This bold novel is one of the best depictions of female friendship I’ve ever read. The two protagonists are so real – both their strengths and weaknesses – as are the joys, tensions and shifting dynamics of their friendship. The later chapters also perfectly illustrate how dreams, determination and grit can shape a future, even when opportunity and privilege are not necessarily provided. Another stunning novel from the brilliant mind of Kamila Shamsie!
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