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A Place for Us is the debut novel of Fatima Farheen Mirza, published in New York on June 12, 2018. [1] It is the first book published by Sarah Jessica Parker 's new imprint, SJP for Hogarth. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The novel focuses on the varied experiences of an Indian-Muslim family living in Northern California, striving to find a balance between ...
Fatima Farheen Mirza Ahmed (born April 10, 1991) is an American novelist best known for her novel A Place for Us (2018), [1] which was a New York Times Best Seller. [2] She was also honored by the National Book Award Foundation as a "5 Under 35" Honoree in 2020.
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
A Separate Peace is a coming-of-age novel by John Knowles, published in 1959.Based on his earlier short story "Phineas", published in the May 1956 issue of Cosmopolitan, it was Knowles's first published novel and became his best-known work.
A Summer Place is a 1958 novel by Sloan Wilson, and follows his 1955 bestseller The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.The novel is about an adult couple who rekindle a long-ago summer romance that ended because of class differences, and their two teenage children from other marriages who also fall in love with each other.
A Mercy is Toni Morrison's ninth novel. It was published in 2008.Set in colonial America in the late 17th century, it is the story of a European farmer, his purchased wife, and his growing household of indentured or enslaved white, Native American, and African characters. [1]
Fat City is a novel by Leonard Gardner published in 1969. [2] It is his only novel. Its prestige has grown since its publication, due to critical acclaim from Joan Didion and Walker Percy, among others. Denis Johnson cites it as a major influence on his writing. [3] [4] The book is widely considered a classic of boxing fiction.
Harvest is a 2013 novel by British author Jim Crace. [1] [2] [3] Crace had stated that Harvest would be his final novel, [4] but it wasn't.Harvest was shortlisted for the 2013 Booker Prize, [5] shortlisted for the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize, [6] [7] shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize (2014), [8] and won the 2013 James Tait Black Memorial Prize [9] and the International Dublin Literary ...