Silence is a Sense

A SUNDAY TIMES STYLE RECOMMEND �_~Lyrical, moving, revealing�_T TRACY CHEVALIER �_~Brilliant�_T NIKITA LALWANI �_~Such beautiful writing�_� A little bit Rear Window, a little bit Home Fire, a little bit Shameless. I loved it' LOUISA YOUNG �_~Daring and devastating�_T FIONA MOZLEY A young woman spends her days watching the neighbours through their windows. She is a refugee, who has seen the failure of the Arab Spring in her homeland and who has been traumatized into silence by her brutal journey from Syria to Britain.A� As an outsider, a mute voyeur, she sees everything, she hears everything: the love, the fighting, the families, the secrets, the lies, the sex, the shame.A� Slowly drawn into the community that surrounds her, she begins to come to terms with all she has lost. After a brutal attack on the local mosque, she realises she is the only witness to the truth behind the violence. But will she finally speak of all she's seen?A� Rear Window meets Exit West, this beautifully written novel tells the powerful story of one woman�_Ts trauma and her gradual healing.