The Independent, Ahmed Rashid
The most extraordinary book of short stories - one of the first attempts to straddle in fiction the social divide between white Britons and Asians. Her compassion never degenerates into sentimentality, and her sensitive perceptions come from a decade of getting to know her characters.

Sunday Times of India
Powerful portraits … She has a remarkable understanding of her characters and their conditions.

City Limits, London
Written with honesty, determination and purpose … It is beautiful and wise.

Times Educational Supplement
Charged with insight and compassion.

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