FOUR AUTHORS ON SELF-EXPLORATION & IDENTITY

In SALAR ABDOH‘s A Nearby Country Called Love: A Novel, two brothers struggle to find their place in an Iran that’s on the brink of exploding. SHASTRI AKELLA’s debut novel, The Sea Elephants, follows a grief-stricken young man who finds a sense of belonging with a traveling theater troupe performing the Hindu myths of his childhood. Punctuated by both joy and loss, BUSHRA REHMAN’s Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion: A Novel is a fiercely compassionate coming-of-age story about a girl struggling to reconcile her heritage and faith with her desire to be true to herself. And in Idlewild: A Novel, by JAMES FRANKIE THOMAS, two former teen outcasts recall their intense friendship at an artsy Quaker high school in Manhattan and drive each other to make choices they’ll regret for the rest of their lives.

Buy A Nearby Country Called Love: A Novel. – Abdoh

Buy The Sea Elephants. – Akella

Buy Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion: A Novel. – Rehman

Buy Idlewild: A Novel. – Thomas