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Bird Summons audiobook

  • By: Leila Aboulela
  • Narrator: Raghad Chaar
  • Category: Fiction, Literary
  • Length: 8 hours 21 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2020
  • Language: English
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Bird Summons Audiobook Summary

In her adventurous new novel, New York Times notable author Leila Aboulela delivers a lively portrait of three women who embark on a journey of self-discovery while grappling with the conflicting demands of family, duty, and faith.

When Salma, Moni, and Iman–friends and active members of their local Muslim women’s group–decide to take a road trip together to the Scottish Highlands, they leave behind lives often dominated by obligation, frustrated desire, and dull predictability. Each wants something more out of life, but fears the cost of taking it. Salma is successful and happily married, but tempted to risk it all when she’s contacted by her first love back in Egypt; Moni gave up a career in banking to care for her disabled son without the help of her indifferent husband; and Iman, in her twenties and already on her third marriage, longs for the freedom and autonomy she’s never known. When the women are visited by the Hoopoe, a sacred bird from Muslim and Celtic literature, they are compelled to question their relationships to faith and femininity, love, loyalty, and sacrifice.

Brilliantly imagined, thoughtful and wise, Bird Summons confirms Leila Aboulela’s reputation as one of our finest contemporary writers.

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Bird Summons Audiobook Narrator

Raghad Chaar is the narrator of Bird Summons audiobook that was written by Leila Aboulela

Raghad Chaar graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has been working as an actor in London since 2014. Her work includes BBC Radio 4’s Welcome to Zaatari, BBC World Service’s The Battle for Raqqa, and the audio edition of Nujeen by Nujeen Mustafa, with Christina Lamb.

About the Author(s) of Bird Summons

Leila Aboulela is the author of Bird Summons

Bird Summons Full Details

Narrator Raghad Chaar
Length 8 hours 21 minutes
Author Leila Aboulela
Category
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Release date April 20, 2024
ISBN 9781094094229

Subjects

The publisher of the Bird Summons is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Literary

Additional info

The publisher of the Bird Summons is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781094094229.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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