- WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
- SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017
- LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
- A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
- AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
- A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
- A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
- AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
- A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
Review from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/10/home-fire-kamila-shamsie-review
‘The book for our times’ Judges of the Women’s Prize
This is a powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world
Isma, after years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother’s death, is finally able to study in the USA. But she has concerns for her sister, Aneeka, beautiful and headstrong who lives in London and for their brother, Parvaiz, who’s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew.
Then Eamonn, son of a powerful British Muslim politician, enters the sisters’ lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to – or defy. Through his relationship with Aneeka he might be the means of Parvaiz’s salvation? The two families’ fates become inextricably and dangerously entwined in this troubling novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love? This is a story of divided loyalties, misunderstanding on several fronts which ultimately leads to tragedy. No happy endings here.
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