Daughters of Smoke and Fire Homa Ava
Daughters of Smoke and Fire Homa Ava "A story of slowly-building self-liberation and resilience. . . . Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global…
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Daughters of Smoke and Fire Homa Ava
"A story of slowly-building self-liberation and resilience. . . . Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up. Our conversations around this book are going to be meaningful, engaging and urgently necessary." --Roxane GayThe unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman's perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writerSet primarily in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel weaves 50 years of modern Kurdish history through a story of a family facing oppression and injustices all too familiar to the Kurds.
But his activism grows Her younger brother, Chia, influenced by their father's past torture, imprisonment, and his deep-seated desire for justice, begins to engage with social and political affairs.