Determination by Tawseef Khan Hardcover Book

Description: Determination by Tawseef Khan At once a polyphonic exploration of the UK immigration system and the story of one womans attempt to find a life for herself amidst the pressures of her job FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A compassionate, beautifully told portrait GUY GUNARATNEThis is absorbing, witty, eloquent fiction, as well as a trenchant political critique TOM BENNA hymn to empathy, alive with care and love REBECCA WATSONA heartbreaking, honest, and deeply important story JYOTI PATELJamila Shah is twenty-nine and exhausted.An immigration solicitor tasked with running the precious family law firm, Jamila is prone to being woken in the middle of the night by frantic phone calls from clients on the cusp of deportation. Working under the shadow of the governments hostile environment, she constantly prays and hopes that their determinations will result in her clients being allowed to stay.With no time for friends, family or even herself (never mind a needy partner), Jamilas life feels hectic and out of control. Then a breakdown of sorts forces her to seek change - to pursue her own happiness while navigating the endless expectations that the world seems to have of her, and still committing herself to a career devoted to helping others.In this polyphonic, assured and character-driven debut, we meet the staff of Shah & Co Solicitors, who themselves arrived in the UK not too long ago, and their clients, more recent arrivals who are made to jump through hoops to create a life for themselves whilst trying to achieve some semblance of normality. Author Biography TAWSEEF KHAN is a qualified immigration solicitor and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Liverpool, where he examined the fairness of the British asylum system. He is also a graduate of the creative writing programme at the University of East Anglia, where he received the Seth Donaldson Memorial Bursary. His fiction has appeared in Lighthouse and Test Signal: a Northern anthology; his non-fiction in the New York Times, The Face and Hyphen. His debut non-fiction book Muslim, Actually was published by Atlantic in 2021. He lives in Manchester. Review A compassionate, beautifully told portrait populated by lives that circle the UKs lamentable immigration story. This is a story of determination, also grief, hope, loss and desperation, as well as a reminder of the care, patience and kindness at the human end of a broken system - Guy GunaratneTawseef Khan dramatises timely quests for migrant justice amid the grinding frustrations and punitive hypocrisy of the modern British state. Resisting stereotypes and easy moralising, this is absorbing, witty, eloquent fiction, as well as a trenchant political critique - Tom BennDetermination is a hymn to empathy, alive with care and love . . . This is a novel not just to spend time with for the joy of the richly detailed world Khan has created but to be enlivened and challenged by. Embedded in his compelling and compassionate novel is an emphatic rebuttal to the racism and xenophobia rife in this country - Rebecca WatsonA heart-breaking, honest, and deeply important story, providing a window into the world of a UK immigration lawyer and the lives touched by her work. This is a moving, immersive, and vital piece of fiction - Jyoti Patel Promotional At once a polyphonic exploration of the UK immigration system and the story of one womans attempt to find a life for herself amidst the pressures of her job Details ISBN1804440906 Author Tawseef Khan Publisher Footnote Press Ltd Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781804440902 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-06-13 Imprint Footnote Press Ltd Country of Publication United Kingdom UK Release Date 2024-06-13 NZ Release Date 2024-09-23 Audience General Pages 320 ISBN-10 1804440906 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161547771;

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