Somebody Loves You Audiobook Libro.fm

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2022A teacher asked me a question and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out againRuby gives up talking at a young age Her mother isnt always there to notice she comes and goes and goes and comes until one day she doesnt Silence becomes Rubys refuge sheltering her from the weather of her mothers mental illness and a pressurized suburban atmospherePlangent deft and sparkling with wry humor Somebody Loves You is a moving exploration of how we choose or refuse to tell the stories that shape usPerfect for fans of Avni Doshi Ocean Vuong and Abi Dar A sharply drawn world of wonder in elegant and lean prose A fresh innovative novel that is an ode to families coming of age and sisterhood Roger RobinsonA truly enriching read Somebody Loves You is a glorious debut novel I took this book with me everywhere and kept returning to it I loved every perfect choice of word and turn of phrase in this vivid and tender poetic and beautiful book Salena GoddenEach sentence has the cadence of poetry each phrase perfectly chosen each word correctly weighed This is a novel which reminds us memory and narrative are often not complete but rather are crystallised glimpses which turn like a kaleidoscope through our mind Andrew McMillanPoet and former human rights lawyer Arshi Dear Big Gods makes her fiction debut with a delicate and enveloping portrayal of a British Indian family coping with a mothers depression Everything worth saying can be written on your fingernail believes Ruby the narrator who at 11 rarely speaks Her older sister Rania is a talker a rebel and an artist Their father is unassuming and kind and their mother who feels most alive while gardening sleeps her way through Britains winters Ruby and Rania while starkly contrasting provide each other the support their mother cannot especially when shes recovering at a psychiatric hospital Adults project their own beliefs onto the silent Rubysome distrust her while others such as a teacher seek to convert her to Christianity However as Ruby moves from primary to secondary school her devilish tenacity takes root The chapters like Ruby are concise never rambling but they contain startling depth With piercing lines such as The day my sister tried to drag the baby fox into our house was the same day my mother had her first mental breakdown Arshi opens the door into Rubys dysfunctional but authentic family Each scene is packed with emotion and memory and its all carried by the diction and imagery of a poem It adds up to a beautiful whole Publishers Weekly