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'A compassionate, beautifully told portrait' GUY GUNARATNE
'This is absorbing, witty, eloquent fiction, as well as a trenchant political critique' TOM BENN
'A hymn to empathy, alive with care and love' REBECCA WATSON
'A heartbreaking, honest, and deeply important story' JYOTI PATEL

Jamila Shah is twenty-nine and exhausted.

An immigration solicitor tasked with running the precious family law firm, Jamila is prone to being woken in the middle of the night by frantic phone calls from clients on the cusp of deportation. Working under the shadow of the government's 'hostile environment', she constantly prays and hopes that their 'determinations' will result in her clients being allowed to stay.

With no time for friends, family or even herself (never mind a needy partner), Jamila's life feels hectic and out of control. Then a breakdown of sorts forc

Determination

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'A compassionate, beautifully told portrait' GUY GUNARATNE'This is absorbing, witty, eloquent fiction, as well as a trenchant political critique' TOM... Read more

    Publisher: Footnote Press Ltd
    Publication Date: 1/13/2024
    ISBN13: 9781804440902, 978-1804440902
    ISBN10: 1804440906

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    'A compassionate, beautifully told portrait' GUY GUNARATNE
    'This is absorbing, witty, eloquent fiction, as well as a trenchant political critique' TOM BENN
    'A hymn to empathy, alive with care and love' REBECCA WATSON
    'A heartbreaking, honest, and deeply important story' JYOTI PATEL

    Jamila Shah is twenty-nine and exhausted.

    An immigration solicitor tasked with running the precious family law firm, Jamila is prone to being woken in the middle of the night by frantic phone calls from clients on the cusp of deportation. Working under the shadow of the government's 'hostile environment', she constantly prays and hopes that their 'determinations' will result in her clients being allowed to stay.

    With no time for friends, family or even herself (never mind a needy partner), Jamila's life feels hectic and out of control. Then a breakdown of sorts forc

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