Playing Games
- Author Huma Qureshi
- Narrator Shaheen Khan
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Run Time 9 hours and 21 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Short stories.
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What to expect
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'Warm and moving . . . Playing Games thoughtfully and elegantly considers what it means to be a sister, a mother and a writer'
Chloë Ashby, author of Wet Paint
'A riveting and evocative tale of two sisters navigating love, loss and desires'
Zeba Talkhani, author of My Past is a Foreign Country
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The remarkable debut novel from critically acclaimed writer Huma Qureshi: a poignant story of art and sisterhood, family, marriage and betrayal
Hana has a perfect job, a perfect home, a perfect marriage. It is her younger sister Mira who is a mess. But Hana wants children and her husband is hesitating, and perhaps her control is slipping.
Mira dreams of a creative life but she's stuck working at a local café. She hates her flatmate and Hana's dismissal of her writing but she can't find the right inspiration.
One night, a fight between Hana and her husband sparks something in Mira: the words ring in her head and she starts typing. But what can you borrow from your sister? And what can be forgiven?
Praise for Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love
'Impressive' Sunday Times
'Intimate and incredibly insightful' Stylist
'A deft, satisfying and poignant collection of stories . . . I loved it' Pandora Sykes
'Huma Qureshi is a writer I know I'll be reading for years and years and years' Natasha Lunn
(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
With jeopardy that keeps you turning the pages, as well as both the acuity and tenderness for examining family
and forgiveness, this is a gem of a novel
Qureshi brilliantly captures the complexities of sisterhood in this intimate novel
A beautifully written debut
A warm and moving portrait of two women’s desires, equally overwhelming, to create art and to become a parent. Playing Games thoughtfully and elegantly considers what it means to be a sister, a mother and a writer, as well as the fine line between truth and fiction and what happens when one brushes up against the other.
A riveting and evocative tale of two sisters navigating love, loss and desires
A heartwarming tale of two sisters, and a bittersweet reckoning with what it means to make art; what we ask of and what we take from those we’re closest to. Huma Qureshi is a writer with a beautiful lightness of touch
Playing Games is a tender, beautifully nuanced portrayal of sisterhood, of family, love and loss. Huma Qureshi has a rare ability to perfectly capture the details that make up a life, full of raw and real emotion. I adored it.
A book full of raw emotion, tension and, ultimately, sibling love
Compassionate, thoughtful and thought-provoking
Playing Games is a poignant story about the complexities and beauty of the bond between sisters. Huma Qureshi lucidly examines the curdled emotions of family and illuminates the inner process of the writer. Reading Qureshi’s crystal prose is a rare pleasure. I found Playing Games unputdownable.
Reading Huma Qureshi’s Playing Games is a comfort. Familiar and tender, the characters are both relatable and infuriating, as only sisters are. It discusses art, love, family, and the large non-negotiable life decisions we all eventually face. For everyone who is a sister, has a sister, or wish they had a sister.
I loved Playing Games. Huma Qureshi writes about relationships, whether it is sisterhood or marriage, with such tenderness that it will break your heart. She steers us through Hana and Mira’s chaos with compassion and kindness. There were many instances when I wanted to give the sisters a huge hug, but at the same time, I wanted to shake them because they frustrated me so much. And you only do that with characters you deeply care about.
A moving, sensitive portrait of siblings caught between art, ambition and loyalty
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