{"product_id":"we-are-all-birds-of-uganda-9781529118667","title":"We Are All Birds of Uganda","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkably accomplished, polished debut.\u003c\/b\u003e - Malorie Blackman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eYou can't stop birds from flying, can you, Same\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eer? They go where they will\u003c\/i\u003e...' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1960s UGANDA\u003c\/b\u003e. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresent-day LONDON\u003c\/b\u003e. Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. Called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, Sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRightfully tipped for greatness.\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnflinchingly honest but tempered by its humanity, this is a novel for our times...\u003c\/b\u003e * iPaper *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eextremely readable and fascinating\u003c\/b\u003e dual narrative about the expulsion of East African Ugandans under Idi Amin in the 70s and the journey taken by Sameer, born in modern day Leicester, to understand his familial legacy. * Pandora Sykes *\u003cbr\u003e[A] \u003cb\u003esprawling and epic dual narrative\u003c\/b\u003e, spoke of her lived experience, but that which she'd seldom seen in the books she read: a story of cross-generational divides, and being both Black and South Asian ... It's \u003cb\u003ewoven together with gentle urgency; sensitive and with a rare perspective on how our mixed race backgrounds can help form feelings of both internal power and conflict\u003c\/b\u003e.' * i-D Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe issues and subjects it takes on are big \u003c\/b\u003e...\u003cb\u003e All are explored with great intelligence and sensitivity \u003c\/b\u003e... Zayyan's writing finds the \u003cb\u003elightness and fluency\u003c\/b\u003e of a much more experienced novelist ... It is an epic novel in terms of historical, geographic, and cultural scope. \u003cb\u003eIt has much to recommend it: the tone, the structure, the ambition, and the clarity that enables the story to cover so much ground \u003c\/b\u003ewithout ever becoming confused or lost during its 360-pages. * BBC News *","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48066919301463,"sku":"9781529118667","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529118667.jpg?v=1713212558","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-are-all-birds-of-uganda-9781529118667","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}