David and Ameena

David and Ameena
Ami Rao
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Paperback
Not defined - 400pg
4 Feb 2021 UK
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9781912054275
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Modern-day New York, a subway train. David, an American-Jewish jazz musician, torn between his dreams and his parents' expectations, sees a woman across the carriage. Ameena, a British-Pakistani artist who left Manchester to escape the pressure from her conservative family, sees David. When a moment of sublime beauty occurs unexpectedly, the two connect, moved by their shared experience. From this flows a love that it appears will triumph above all. But as David and Ameena navigate their relationship, their ambitions and the city they love, they discover the external world is not so easy to keep at bay. Ami Rao' s masterful debut novel picks apart the lives of two people, stripping them of their collective identities and, in doing so, facing up to the challenge of today: can love give us the freedom to accept our differences?
' I' ve never read such an accurate and telling evocation of the additional complications of personal creative expression. ' - Tim Hayward, writer, broadcaster and columnist; ' A touching story of multicultural love, desire and achievement with ' soul' at its heart. ' - Geoffrey Horton, musician and vocalist; ' Exquisite. Beautiful. Provocative. I love her writing. ' - Jim Lawless, author of ' Taming Tigers'
Ami Rao is a British-American writer. Born in Calcutta, India, Ami has lived and worked in New York, London, Paris, San Francisco and Los Angeles. She has a BA in English Literature and Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. In 2017 she co-authored the sports memoir Centaur with Declan Murphy, published by Doubleday, which was awarded the General Outstanding Sports Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017. Ami most recently worked as a banking professional in London. She has mentored girls of colour for the past twelve years, with a keen emphasis on the merits of reading and education. David and Ameena is her debut fiction novel.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781912054275
Published: 4 Feb 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Fairlight Books
Publisher: Fairlight Books
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400

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