Hashim & Family

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What to expect

It is New Year's Eve, 1960. Hashim has left behind his homeland and his bride, Munira, to seek his fortune in England. His cousin and only friend, Rofikul, introduces Hashim to life in Manchester - including Rofikul's girlfriend, Helen. When Munira arrives, the group must learn what it is to be a family.

Ten years later, war breaks out in East Pakistan. The struggle for liberation and the emergence of Bangladesh affects the family in ways they could never have foreseen.

Spanning twenty years and two countries, Hashim & Family is the story of migration and belonging, and the bond of kinship, and is the debut of an extraordinary new talent.

(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Critics Review

  • A personal migrant experience told with beauty and insight

    Stylist
  • A riveting debut inspired by the writer’s personal immigrant experience . . . An exquisite epic about the ties each of us share with our family and homeland

    Bookriot
  • A likeable celebration of female friendship as well as the often unsung heroism of migrant experiences

    Sunday Times Culture
  • Shahnaz Ahsan recalls how shopping and cooking with her Bengali family in Manchester shaped her life and her debut novel

    Observer Food Monthly
  • A story of quiet striving and determination, of love and friendship

    Guardian
  • Ahsan’s biggest triumph is that her characters feel innately Bangladeshi . . . Her flowing prose is impressive with an ease and smoothness to it

    Daily Star

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