Isma and Aneeka’s Brother, Parvaiz, Has Made A BIG Mistake

A review of the bold novel Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

Graphic: reviewer’s own, made with Canva

Title: Home Fire

Author: Kamila Shamsie

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Retellings

This book is bold, brave, and breath-taking.

Based on the Greek tragedy Antigone (but don’t panic, you really don’t have to be familiar with Antigone to enjoy this,) Home Fire is #OwnVoices for British Pakistani Muslims.

…It’s also about extremism and joining IS.

Isma and Aneeka’s brother, Parvaiz, has made a big f**king mistake.

…And now he’s been stripped of his British citizenship and is stranded in Syria.

Torn between love for their brother, and loyalty to their country, the two sisters must make decisions over just how far they’re willing to go when they’re being pulled equally in two separate directions.

And their family’s misfortune is about to pull in the son of the British Home Secretary…

Told you it was brave.