LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026‘Miraculous’ OMAR EL AKKAD‘Stunning’ MAAZA MENGISTE‘Suffused with tenderness’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Beautiful and powerful’ LISA OWENS‘Wondrous’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAHAn extraordinary, sweeping novel following one man's itinerant search for home across the globe, after his childhood...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE • The intimate, sweeping tale of one Palestinian man’s restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope"With stunning intimacy, Hannah Lillith Assadi has crafted an unforgettable story about the many stunted afterlives of hyphenated belonging. In this book live some of the most complex characters I’ve read in ...

WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY FICTIONHussam and Wassim are teenage boys living in Syria during America’s 2003 invasion of Iraq. When a surprise discovery results in tragedy, their lives, and those of their families, are shattered. Wassim promises Hussam his protection, but ten years into the future, he has failed to keep his promise. Wassim is on the streets, seeking shelter from both the city and the civil war storming his country. Meanwhile Hussam, ...