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Layla is a scholar of women’s histories and stories. Her life is a carefully constructed set of routines in her small American liberal arts college, but all of that is about to change…
Mira is a renowned Sufi storyteller who is running from a terrible past. When she learns that the murdered woman in the library was carrying a note from the killer addressed to her, she is presented with an opportunity to break a cycle of trauma and hurt. To confront her past, she must disclose the truth to Layla.
Together they enter the realm of Story, but can Layla find the forgiveness in her heart necessary to lead them to the answers they are looking for?
This contemporary murder mystery takes readers from small town America to the mountains of Afghanistan.
Imprint: India Viking
Published: Mar/2025
ISBN: 9780670098422
Length : 320 Pages
MRP : ₹599.00
Imprint: Penguin Audio
Published:
ISBN:
Imprint: India Viking
Published: Mar/2025
ISBN:
Length : 320 Pages
MRP : ₹599.00
Layla is a scholar of women’s histories and stories. Her life is a carefully constructed set of routines in her small American liberal arts college, but all of that is about to change…
Mira is a renowned Sufi storyteller who is running from a terrible past. When she learns that the murdered woman in the library was carrying a note from the killer addressed to her, she is presented with an opportunity to break a cycle of trauma and hurt. To confront her past, she must disclose the truth to Layla.
Together they enter the realm of Story, but can Layla find the forgiveness in her heart necessary to lead them to the answers they are looking for?
This contemporary murder mystery takes readers from small town America to the mountains of Afghanistan.
Faiqa Mansab is a Pakistani writer. Her first novel, This House of Clay and Water was published by Penguin India in 2017. It was an Amazon Editor’s Pick, Amazon International Women’s Writing pick and was shortlisted for the Getz-Pharma Literary Award and the German Consulate Peace Prize in 2018. The novel has been translated into Turkish and is available as an audiobook by Blackstone Publishing USA. It has also been optioned for screen adaptation. Faiqa’s work in English has also appeared in Lucy Writer’s Platform, Cambridge; The Missing Slate, London; Medusa, London; and in Punjabi she has written for Barahmah, Pakistan. The Sufi Storyteller is her second novel. She lives with her family in Lahore.
Art is the elephant; and an artist must make space for the subsequent battles that their art lets into their life.