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Shalini will never forget her daughter Leila's third birthday party: it was the last time she saw her alive.

Sixteen years have passed and Shalini's life is unrecognizable. Her husband gone: beaten and dragged from their home the night Leila disappeared. Shalini, once privileged, is now disgraced. She trawls the streets desperate to discover where Leila now lives if she lives at all.

In this repressive state, where tradition and purity are valued above all, those outside the city walls forced to live in filth and oppressive heat are less than nothing. But can Shalini find a way back in? Will she see Leila again?

Leila Prayaag Akbar

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/04/2019
      ISBN13: 9780571341320, 978-0571341320
      ISBN10: 0571341322
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Shalini will never forget her daughter Leila's third birthday party: it was the last time she saw her alive.

      Sixteen years have passed and Shalini's life is unrecognizable. Her husband gone: beaten and dragged from their home the night Leila disappeared. Shalini, once privileged, is now disgraced. She trawls the streets desperate to discover where Leila now lives if she lives at all.

      In this repressive state, where tradition and purity are valued above all, those outside the city walls forced to live in filth and oppressive heat are less than nothing. But can Shalini find a way back in? Will she see Leila again?

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