# Playing Games

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- Book: [Playing Games](https://www.bookquiver.com/huma-qureshi/playing-games) ([Playing Games.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/huma-qureshi/playing-games.md))
- Authors: [Huma Qureshi](https://www.bookquiver.com/huma-qureshi)
- Publisher: sceptre
- ISBN: 978-15-2936-874-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2023-11-09
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

The remarkable debut novel from critically acclaimed writer Huma Qureshi: an engrossing story of art and sisterhood, family, marriage and betrayal 'Poignant and impressionistic . . . highly readable and relatable' Guardian 'A gem of a novel' i 'A beautifully written debut' Red Hana has a perfect job, a perfect home, a perfect marriage. It is her younger sister Mira who is a mess. But Hana wants children and her husband is hesitating, and perhaps her control is slipping. Mira dreams of a creative life but she's stuck working at a local café. She hates her flatmate and Hana's dismissal of her writing but she can't find the right inspiration. One night, a fight between Hana and her husband sparks something in Mira: the words ring in her head and she starts typing. But what can you borrow from your sister? And what can be forgiven? 'Warm and moving . . . Playing Games thoughtfully and elegantly considers what it means to be a sister, a mother and a writer' Chloë Ashby, author of Wet Paint 'A riveting and evocative tale of two sisters navigating love, loss and desires' Zeba Talkhani, author of My Past is a Foreign Country 'Reading Qureshi's crystal prose is a rare pleasure. I found Playing Games unputdownable' Molly Aitken, author of The Island Child