We’re giving five reading groups the chance to win up to ten early copies of a beautiful, haunting debut novel, Leila by Prayaag Akbar. When you’ve read the book, we’d love to hear your thoughts on Twitter, tagging @Faberbooks and posting your review on Amazon.
About the Book
‘Intelligent, chilling and deeply moving.’ – Kamila Shamsie
Every year on Leila’s birthday Shalini kneels by the wall with a little yellow spade and scoops dry earth to make a pit for two candles. One each for herself and for Riz, the husband at her side. But as Shalini walks from the patch of grass where she held her vigil the man beside her melts away. It is sixteen years since they took her, her daughter’s third birthday party, the last time she saw the three people she loves most dearly: her mother, her husband, her child. There are thirty-two candle stubs buried in that lawn, and Shalini believes her search is finally drawing to a close. When she finds Leila, she will return and dig up each and every one.
An Indian Handmaid’s Tale, this novel is all too believable . . .
