The other half of you /
Ahmad, Michael Mohammed,
The other half of you / Michael Mohammed Ahmad. - Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2021. - 339 pages ; 24 cm.
Bani Adam has known all his life what was expected of him. To marry the right kind of girl. To make the House of Adam proud. But Bani wanted more than this - he wanted to make his own choices. Being the first in his Australian Muslim family to go to university, he could see a different way. Years later, Bani will write his story to his son, Kahlil. Telling him of the choices that were made on Bani's behalf and those that he made for himself. Of the hurt he caused and the heartache he carries. Of the mistakes he made and the lessons he learned.
Shortlisted for 2022 Miles Franklin Award.
Winner 2022 University of Queensland Fiction Book Award.
9780733639036 0733639038
Domestic fiction.
Muslim Australians--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Manners and customs--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Muslims--Australia--Fiction.
Memory--Fiction.
Older men--Conduct of life--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Intergenerational relations--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Australian fiction
Domestic fiction
Domestic fiction.
Epistolary fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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The other half of you / Michael Mohammed Ahmad. - Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2021. - 339 pages ; 24 cm.
Bani Adam has known all his life what was expected of him. To marry the right kind of girl. To make the House of Adam proud. But Bani wanted more than this - he wanted to make his own choices. Being the first in his Australian Muslim family to go to university, he could see a different way. Years later, Bani will write his story to his son, Kahlil. Telling him of the choices that were made on Bani's behalf and those that he made for himself. Of the hurt he caused and the heartache he carries. Of the mistakes he made and the lessons he learned.
Shortlisted for 2022 Miles Franklin Award.
Winner 2022 University of Queensland Fiction Book Award.
9780733639036 0733639038
Domestic fiction.
Muslim Australians--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Manners and customs--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Muslims--Australia--Fiction.
Memory--Fiction.
Older men--Conduct of life--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Intergenerational relations--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Australian fiction
Domestic fiction
Domestic fiction.
Epistolary fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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