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A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Padma Lakshmi Book Club PickFor fans of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a MuslimAmerican communityStunningly beautiful. The New York Times Book ReviewAn unforgettable voice that moves you from the start. People MagazineRazia 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, Razias heart is broken. She finds solace in Taslima, a new girl in her closeknit PakistaniAmerican 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 comingofage story of a girl struggling to reconcile her heritage and faith with her desire to be true to herself.
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