Mass-market paperback edition of this major literary debut. Shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize, this tale, of a young Bangladeshi woman adjusting to life in London , secured Ali a place on Granta's Best Young British Novelists list, even before publication. Huge publicity guaranteed with national press advertising campaign THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELERA RICHARD AND JUDY PICKSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime' Sunday TimesStill in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed older man.
