The Movement

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What to expect

'Powerful and profound' Daisy Buchanan

'Breathtakingly original... a searing examination of the modern world and its sensibilities' Imran Mahmood
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With words come power. But do you speak out or shut up?

Everywhere Sara Javed goes - online or outside - everyone is shouting about something. Couldn't they all just shut up? One day she takes her own advice.

At first people don't understand her silence and are politely confused at best. But the last thing Sara could anticipate is becoming the figurehead of a global movement that splits society in two.

The Silent Movement sparks outrage in its opposers. Global structures start to shift. And the lives of those closest to Sara - as well as strangers inspired by her act - begin to unravel.

It's time for the world to reconsider what it means to have a voice.

A sharply observed novel, charged with compassion and dark wit, that will spark important conversations about how we live, relate and communicate now.
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'Malik makes us care with wry humour and bite' Helen Lederer

'A book for, and of, the now' Vaseem Khan

Critics Review

Powerful and profound

Daisy Buchanan

Original, clever, insightful and packs a hell of a feminist punch. I loved it

Joanne Harris

Brilliantly insightful, witty, smart. A revelation and a revolution all in one

Kasim Ali

Dazzling, clever and mind-blowingly creative . . . This isn’t just a book, it’s a world-changing conversation

Lucy Vine

Malik makes us care with wry humour and bite

Helen Lederer

Ayisha Malik started at a high point and just gets better all the time. I loved this book, with its subtle satire and memorable characters

Louis de Bernières

A beautiful, funny, searing examination of the modern world and its sensibilities

Imran Mahmood

A book for, and of, the now

Vaseem Khan

An explosive work of art, bold and brilliant

Sairish Hussain

A stunning, monumental novel, which will make you think about who is heard, who isn’t – and why not

Inga Vesper

An intelligent look at what it means to have a voice

Grazia

A really clever and creative examination of how we interact with each other, in person and on online, and the issues that affect our lives

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