Slums of Paradise
A Novel
$31.19
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
4 August 2026
Summary
For fans of Pachinko and Half of a Yellow Sun, an intimate debut novel about immigration, marriage, and vengeance politics told through the eyes of four Bengali teenagers in two vastly different time periods.
In 1970s Sylhet, eleven-year-old Sumaya is the daughter of a wealthy Bengali aristocrat who lives unaware of the Liberation War against West Pakistan and the cost of independence she will soon pay. In the same city, fifteen-year-old Murshed lives without hope fo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798896363583 |
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| Author: | Samiha Hoque |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 4 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Combines elements of romance fiction, immigrant memoir, coming-of-age tale, and political history; Samiha Hoque has constructed an intriguing novel of love and marriage, family, and tradition.”—Ellen Barker, author of Nothing North of Delmar
Samiha Hoque
Samiha Hoque is a Bangladeshi American environmentalist and author of the picture books A Country of Beautiful People and Brave Is the Tiger. She is a two-time Climate Justice Fellow for the Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH), and she holds a B.S. in the Earth and Environmental Sciences with an English minor. Her debut novel, Slums of Paradise, was selected as a She Writes Press STEP winner and explores the intertwining nature of immigration, marriage, and politics. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Samiha now lives with her extremely outdoorsy and romantic husband in Delaware.
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