City of Spies
  • Published:
    Sep-2017
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  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    284
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In this intimate coming-of-age story set in the late 1970s, a young girl struggles to make sense of the chaos around her during Pakistan's political upheaval, where the military revolts, the embassy burns, and a terrible secret tears her world apart.

Eleven-year-old Aliya Shah lives a double life in Islamabad, Pakistan -- at home with her Pakistani father and Dutch mother, and at the American School, where Aliya tries to downplay that she is a “half-and-half.” But when a hit-and-run driver kills the son of the family's servant, Sadiq, who is also Aliya's dear friend, her world is turned upside down. After she discovers the truth behind the tragedy -- a terrible secret that burdens her heart -- her conflicted loyalties are tested as never before.

Based on the author's own experiences growing up in Islamabad, CITY OF SPIES offers a poignant and dramatic portrait of a tumultuous time, as seen through the eyes of a brave and compassionate young heroine struggling to find her place in the gray area between loyalty and complicity, family and country.
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    • First Edition
    • Sep-2017
    • Amazon Publishing
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1503941582
    • ISBN13: 9781503941588
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    • Sep-2017
    • Amazon Publishing
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1503941574
    • ISBN13: 9781503941571
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    • Sep-2017
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1536630500
    • ISBN13: 9781536630503
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    • Sep-2017
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1536630497
    • ISBN13: 9781536630497



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