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Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, December 2023
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Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, December 2022
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Corona, August 2014
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Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
Bushra Rehman

Flatiron Books
December 2023
On Sale: December 5, 2023
Featuring: Razia Mirza
288 pages
ISBN: 1250834805
EAN: 9781250834805
Kindle: B09NK6VGT9
Trade Paperback / e-Book
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Hardcover (December 2022)

LGBTQ

Razia Mirza grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, with her best friend, Saima, by her side. When a family rift drives the girls apart, Razia’s heart is broken. She finds solace in Taslima, a new girl in her close-knit Pakistani-American community. They embark on a series of small rebellions: listening to scandalous music, wearing miniskirts, and cutting school to explore the city.

When Razia is accepted to Stuyvesant, a prestigious high school in Manhattan, the gulf between the person she is and the daughter her parents want her to be, widens. At Stuyvesant, Razia meets Angela and is attracted to her in a way that blossoms into a new understanding. When their relationship is discovered by an Aunty in the community, Razia must choose between her family and her own future.

Punctuated by both joy and loss, full of ’80s music and beloved novels, Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion is a new classic: a fiercely compassionate coming-of-age story of a girl struggling to reconcile her heritage and faith with her desire to be true to herself.

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