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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

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

'Radiantly honest' Mail on Sunday

'Poignant' Guardian

'A gem of a novel' i

The remarkable debut novel from critically acclaimed writer Huma Qureshi: a poignant story of art and sisterhood, family, marriage and betrayal

Hana is a successful lawyer, with a perfect home and marriage. But she longs to be a mother, and her husband remains hesitant.

Mira, her younger sister, is stuck working at a local cafe, renting a room from a flatmate she hates. She dreams of a creative life, but just she can't find the right inspiration.

One night, Mira witnesses an argument between Hana and her husband. Their words spark something in her and she starts typing.

But what stories are ours to tell? And how much can be forgiven?

'Huma Qureshi writes with wisdom and heart' Pandora Sykes

'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

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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

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Huma Qureshi

Huma Qureshi is an award-winning writer, and the author of the memoir How We Met: A Memoir of Love and Other Misadventures, shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, and the short story collection Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love, longlisted for the Jhalak Prize and the Edge Hill Prize, both published in 2021. She lives in London.

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