Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love

Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love
Huma Qureshi
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Hardback
h222 x 138mm - 192pg
11 Nov 2021 UK
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9781529368673
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' A deft, satisfying and poignant collection of stories . . . I loved it. ' PANDORA SYKES' These are stories of fierce clarity and tenderness - I loved them' LUCY CALDWELL, author of Intimacies ' Qureshi writes with courage' Ingrid Persaud, author of Love After Love' Huma Qureshi is a writer I know I' ll be reading for years and years and years' Natasha Lunn, author of Conversations on Love A breathtaking collection of stories about our most intimate relationships: the misunderstandings between families, the silences between friends and the dissonance between lovers. Set between the blossoming countryside of England, the South of France and Tuscany, and the bustling cities of London and Lahore, Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love shines a light on the parts of ourselves we rarely reveal. A daughter asks her mother to shut up, only to shut her up for good; an exhausted wife walks away from the husband who doesn' t understand her; on holiday, lovers no longer understand each other away from home. The underlying themes of loneliness, secrets, family and a yearning for love intertwine these extraordinary stories from the award-winning author of How We Met.
A deft, satisfying and poignant collection of stories which pivot around a moment of shock or revelation - and challenge the idea that shame can be unburdened and secrets liberated, by sharing them with others. I loved it. * Pandora Sykes * Huma Qureshi writes the inarticulable distances between mothers and daughters, the consuming ache of longing for someone not yet kissed, the invisible, irreparable breaches in friendships or between lovers, with such pitch-perfect precision, such lightness of touch. These are stories of fierce clarity and tenderness - I loved them. * Lucy Caldwell, author of Intimacies * I admired Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love. Qureshi writes with courage and in these extraordinary stories capture the shame and loneliness of non-belonging and the challenge of self-acceptance. * Ingrid Persaud, author of Love After Love * In this rich collection of stories, Huma Qureshi shows us the truth, mess and beauty of humans trying - and often failing - to understand each other. Just like love itself, her stories are full of honesty and mystery, pain and hope, and the memories we think we' ve forgotten, but that still steer our hearts. I' m still thinking about them. And Huma Qureshi is a writer I know I' ll be reading for years and years and years. * Natasha Lunn, author of Conversations on Love *
Huma Qureshi is an award-winning writer, and former Observer and Guardian reporter. Her memoir How We Met: A Memoir of Love and Other Misadventures was published in January 2021 by Elliott & Thompson, to critical acclaim, chosen by Stylist as one of 2021' s best non-fiction. She is the winner of the 2020 Harper' s Bazaar Short Story Prize. She is now writing her first novel, an enchanting story about family, belonging and identity. She lives in London.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529368673
Published: 11 Nov 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sceptre
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 138mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 192

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