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Raashida Khan, Kwarts, R250

Azraa Hassim has the perfect life: a successful career, a loving husband and two wonderful daughters. Her entire identity, however, is put to question when one of her children is diagnosed with a terminal illness. At the same time her husband’s secrets come out of the closet. Khan has created a narrative that bluntly tackles subjects that are often considered taboo in Muslim society. The book’s strength lies in the conversations that it ignites after the final page is read.