{"product_id":"the-other-half-of-you-paperback","title":"The Other Half of You - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Mohammed Ahmad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003cb\u003eI only ever asked you for one thing, ' my father said, a quiver in his voice. 'Just this one thing.' It was as though I had smashed the Ten Commandments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Oh father, ' I cried, grovelling at his ankles while my mother and siblings looked on. 'The one thing you asked of me - is everything.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBani Adam has known all his life what was expected of him. To marry the right kind of girl. To make the House of Adam proud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Bani wanted more than this - he wanted to make his own choices. Being the first in his Australian Muslim family to go to university, he could see a different way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, Bani will write his story to his son, Kahlil. Telling him of the choices that were made on Bani's behalf and those that he made for himself. Of the hurt he caused and the heartache he carries. Of the mistakes he made and the lessons he learned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this moving and timely novel, Michael Mohammed Ahmad balances the complexities of modern love with the demands of family, tradition and faith. \u003ci\u003eThe Other Half of You\u003c\/i\u003e is the powerful, insightful and unforgettable new novel from the Miles Franklin shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lebs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE LEBS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWINNER NSW Premier's Literary Awards Multicultural NSW Award 2019\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED Miles Franklin Literary Award 2019 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'an open-eyed and highly charismatic novel broiling with fight, tenderness and ambition' \u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'wonderfully vivid and compelling . . . utterly authentic'\u003ci\u003e Books+Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Mohammed Ahmad is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and editor of the critically acclaimed anthology \u003ci\u003eAfter Australia\u003c\/i\u003e (Affirm Press, 2020). Mohammed's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e (Giramondo, 2014), won the 2015 \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald \u003c\/i\u003eBest Young Novelists of the Year Award. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Lebs\u003c\/i\u003e (Hachette Australia, 2018), won the 2019 NSW Premier's Multicultural Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Mohammed received his Doctorate of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.13 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766818177312,"sku":"9780733639036","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fe90a46c0c28c66429b8d9c10f13311d.webp?v=1780299503","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-other-half-of-you-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}