Somebody Loves You (Paperback) Mona Arshi (author)

Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2022

Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour 2022

A teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out again.

Ruby gives up talking at a young age. Her mother isn’t always there to notice; she comes and goes and goes and comes, until, one day, she doesn’t.

Silence becomes Ruby’s refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mother’s mental illness and a pressurized suburban atmosphere.

Plangent, deft, and sparkling with wry humour, Somebody Loves You is a moving exploration of how we choose or refuse to tell the stories that shape us.

Publisher: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9781913505165
Number of pages: 176
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm