Best of Friends: A Novel

ISBN: 0593421833

Author: Shamsie, Kamila

Condition: New

A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces. -Madeline MillerA shining tour de force about a long friendships respects, disrespects, loyalties and moralities. -Ali SmithFrom the acclaimed author of Home Fire, the moving and surprising story of a lifelong friendship and the forces that bring it to the breaking pointZahra and Maryam have been best friends since childhood in Karachi, even though-or maybe because-they are unlike in nearly every way. Yet they never speak of the differences in their backgrounds or their values, not even after the fateful night when a moment of adolescent impulse upends their plans for the future.Three decades later, Zahra and Maryam have grown into powerful women who have each cut a distinctive path through London. But when two troubling figures from their past resurface, they must finally confront their bedrock differences-and find out whether their friendship can survive.Thought-provoking, compassionate, and full of unexpected turns, Best of Friends offers a riveting take on an age-old question: Does principle or loyalty make for the better friend?