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Salutation Road
- Author
- Salma Ibrahim
- Narrator
- Kosar Ali
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 13 February 2025
- Run Time
- 6 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Magical realism, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: sense of place, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: diversity, equity, equality, inclusion, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
What to expect
‘We may look the same, but I am not you . . . We share nothing but a reflection in the mirror’
'A bold, intriguing act of imagination' - Aube Rey Lescure, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of River East, River West
‘Beautiful, thought-provoking and meaningful’ - Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally
Twenty-three-year-old Sirad Ali is a woman adrift. Abandoned by her father in childhood, doing her best to support her mother and younger brother in their small flat in South London, she can’t help but wonder if this is the life she really wants.
One morning, Sirad boards her bus to work and finds herself transported to an alternate timeline in present-day Mogadishu. Over the course of a single day, under the sweltering East African sun, Sirad must contend with a lost reality. There she encounters an almost unrecognizable version of her family and comes face to face with her double, Ubah – the woman she could have been, had her parents never fled to London during the Somali Civil War.
Back home in Greenwich, Sirad must go on with life, consumed by all she now knows. But then Ubah mysteriously appears in London, and Sirad begins to understand that nothing will ever be the same again . . .
Salutation Road by Salma Ibrahim is a beautifully told literary debut for fans of Nadifa Mohamed and Mohsin Hamid.
Critics Review
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'A bold, intriguing act of imagination . . . Salutation Road confronts important questions about parallel existences splintered by immigration, the price of survival, and the ways migration and distance reshape blood ties and family' - Aube Rey Lescure, Women's Prize shortlisted author of River East, River West
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‘Beautiful, thought-provoking and meaningful’ - Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally
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'A vital exploration. . . Salutation Road interrogates who and what we would be if our family histories were different, how far we will go for those we love and how much we can ever really know about ourselves. A brilliant debut from a promising new voice.' - Nadeine Asbali, author of Veiled Threat
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'The most incredible tale of alternate lives, love and what it means to build a home.' - Danielle Giles, author of Mere
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'A poignant , tender and captivating tale of connection, exploring the hidden pieces of ourselves that might have been.' - Kosar Ali, BAFTA nominated actress of ROCKS
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Details
- Author
- Salma Ibrahim
- Narrator
- Kosar Ali
- Duration
- 6 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9781035044382
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Magical realism, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: sense of place, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: diversity, equity, equality, inclusion, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
Synopsis
‘We may look the same, but I am not you . . . We share nothing but a reflection in the mirror’'A bold, intriguing act of imagination' - Aube Rey Lescure, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of River East, River West‘Beautiful, thought-provoking and meaningful’ - Nussaibah Younis, author of FundamentallyTwenty-three-year-old Sirad Ali is a woman adrift. Abandoned by her father in childhood, doing her best to support her mother and younger brother in their small flat in South London, she can’t help but wonder if this is the life she really wants.One morning, Sirad boards her bus to work and finds herself transported to an alternate timeline in present-day Mogadishu. Over the course of a single day, under the sweltering East African sun, Sirad must contend with a lost reality. There she encounters an almost unrecognizable version of her family and comes face to face with her double, Ubah – the woman she could have been, had her parents never fled to London during the Somali Civil War.Back home in Greenwich, Sirad must go on with life, consumed by all she now knows. But then Ubah mysteriously appears in London, and Sirad begins to understand that nothing will ever be the same again . . .Salutation Road by Salma Ibrahim is a beautifully told literary debut for fans of Nadifa Mohamed and Mohsin Hamid.
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