Firuzeh and her brother Nour are children of fire, born in an Afghanistan fractured by war. When their parents, their Atay and Abay, decide to leave, they spin fairy tales of their destination, the mythical land and opportunities of Australia.
As the family journeys from Pakistan to Indonesia to Nauru, heading toward a hope of home, they must rely on fragile and temporary shelters, strangers both mercenary and kind, and friends who vanish as quickly as they’re found.
When they arrive in Australia, what seemed like a stable shore gives way to treacherous currents. Neighbours, classmates, and the government seek their own ends, indifferent to the family’s fate. For Firuzeh, her fantasy worlds provide some relief, but as her family and home splinter, she must surface from these imaginings and find a new way.
- ISBN10 1645660095
- ISBN13 9781645660095
- Publish Date 2 February 2021
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 15 December 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Erewhon Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9781645660095