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* Short-listed for the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize * "A Brooklyn-by-way-of-Bangladesh Royal Tenenbaums." - The Denver PostA 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 parents' murder, and afflicted with hallucinations at dusk, she'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 Charu's friend Maya - an Islamic cleric's runaway daughter - asleep in her bedroom.
About the Author
Tanwi Nandini Islam is the author of Bright Lines (Penguin 2015) , a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize, and is the inaugural selection of the First Lady of NYC's Gracie Book Club. Nandini Islam is the founder of Hi Wildflower, a small-batch perfume and candle line. A graduate of Brooklyn College MFA and Vassar College, she lives in Brooklyn, NY.
