A Place for Us
Failed to add items
Add to cart failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
New to Audible Prime Member exclusive: 2 credits with free trial
A Place for Us
Buy Now for ₹820.00
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Sunil Malhotra
-
Deepti Gupta
-
Written by:
-
Fatima Farheen Mirza
About this listen
Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza, read by Deepti Gupta and Sunil Malhotra.
A Place for Us catches an Indian Muslim family as they prepare for their eldest daughter’s wedding. But as Hadia’s marriage -- one chosen of love, not tradition -- gathers the family back together, there is only one thing on their minds: can Amar, the estranged younger brother of the bride, be trusted to behave himself after three years away?
A Place for Us tells the story of one family, but all family life is here. Rafiq and Layla must come to terms with the choices their children have made, while Hadia, Huda and Amar must reconcile their present culture with their parents’ world, treading a path between old and new. And they must all learn how the smallest decisions can lead to the deepest betrayals.
This is a novel for our times: a deeply moving examination of love, identity and belonging that turns our preconceptions over one by one. It announces Fatima Farheen Mirza as a major new literary talent.
'To be taken hostage by Fatima Mirza’s heartrending and timely story is a gutting pleasure... She captures your mind and heart with an urgency that defies you to stop reading. I guarantee you will be different when you close the book' Sarah Jessica Parker
'Beautiful, intimate, tender. So vividly told the characters live and breathe' Rachel Joyce
'A brilliant, highly readable contemporary tale of identity and belonging' Elle
Critic Reviews
"To be taken hostage by Fatima Mirza’s heartrending and timely story is a gutting pleasure.... She captures your mind and heart with an urgency that defies you to stop reading. I guarantee you will be different when you close the book." (Sarah Jessica Parker)
"Beautiful, intimate, tender. So vividly told the characters live and breathe." (Rachel Joyce)
"A brilliant, highly readable contemporary tale of identity and belonging." (Elle)
What listeners say about A Place for Us
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- suresh kumar
- 15-06-20
A debut to rave ..
I read the reviews, saw the ratings and watched the interviews of the author which all pulled me inevitably to this wonderful novel. It is a smashing debut novel by this young author. A birlliant presentation where the timelines are craftily scrambleld without sacrificing cogency, keeps the reader glued. A daughter who believes in her faith, another who respects it but craves for independence, a son, a rebele who wants only love and for whom beliefs have a higher place than faith brought up by a very strict father and a well-meaning, silently sympathising mother all are caught in a tangle of love and hate, emotions and faith, memories and guilt. If the parents by their action are responsible for what their children have become, then shouldn't we give the benefit to the parents themselves, in turn, for how they were influenced by their own parents? Where does it begin and where does it end?
The narration by Deepti Gupta is brilliant, How effectively and with ease she can change her voice to suit the character? The same voice that sounds like a child sometimes, like a teenager at others, like and Indian born mom or an angry adult, the soothing voice of a mother or the bitterness of an unloved son. This narrator does deserve special praise ,
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- A
- 08-08-19
Relatable yet Missing a Spark
Let me start of by saying the narration of this audiobook was excellent. The emotions and depth that these two bring without any attempted anglicization of their accents. They truly sound like what Indians abroad and not the caricatures depicted in foreign media.
The story has its moments with its premise irrespective of religion I think all of us like Amar question our connection and our parents enforcement of it.. however the toggled narration between different time periods makes the story less memorable especially in the audiobook format. I do not think in book format it would be any better too.
Overall an unpretentious writing and good narration but has its flaws
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!