Playing Games: The gorgeous debut novel from the acclaimed author of How We Met

Huma Qureshi

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories

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Huma Qureshi's gorgeous first novel: a tender and intimate story of two sisters caught up in the joys and pains of art and family

'Warm and moving . . . Playing Games thoughtfully and elegantly considers what it means to be a sister, a mother and a writer' Chloe 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

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 cafe. 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

Praise for Playing Games: The gorgeous debut novel from the acclaimed author of How We Met

A warm and moving portrait of two women's desires, equally overwhelming, to create art and to become a parent
Playing Games is a poignant story about the complexities and beauty of the bond between sisters . . . Reading Qureshi's crystal prose is a rare pleasure. I found Playing Games unputdownable.
Qureshi's stories keenly identify the everyday tragedies of feeling profoundly unknown or unheard, of holding secrets and misunderstandings - Observer, on Things We Do Not Tell
A luscious debut . . . Qureshi creates gripping plotlines and vividly drawn characters and - most importantly - she is a writer with something to say. - i, on Things We Do Not Tel