Hi everyone! Today, I have the opportunity to do the cover reveal of a book I’m very excited about – Rafina by Shandana Minhas! Below is everything you need to know.
Brilliantly observed, delightful and heartbreaking, this is the story of seventeen-year-old Rafina and her big dreams and misadventures.
Genre: Fiction > Literary> Contemporary Fiction – Novella
Publisher: Picador India (Pan Macmillan India)
Pages: 280 pages (Hardback)
Rafina looks at the glamorous girl on the billboard outside her window in Karachi and thinks, It won’t be long before I’m up there. Too poor for college and dismissive of marriage, the clear-eyed young woman cajoles her mother’s friend and Radiance beauty parlour masseuse, Rosie khala, into taking her on as an apprentice.
Thus begin her brave misadventures – from clumsy parlour assistant, to mostly dependable tea girl, till in a stroke of serendipity, she is ‘discovered’.
Poised to have everything she thought she wanted, the only thing standing between Rafina and that billboard are the people who think she should still be using the service entrance.
PRAISE FOR SHANDANA MINHAS
‘Heartbreaking and hilarious, Daddy’s Boy is a seriously fun read.’ – Mohammed Hanif for Daddy’s Boy
‘This touching and spunky story of a young Pakistani woman’s rejection of imposed and stereotyped “feminities” is honest, brutal and timely.’ – Namita Gokhale for Tunnel Vision
SHANDANA MINHAS is the award-winning Pakistani author of the novels Tunnel Vision, Survival Tips for Lunatics and Daddy’s Boy.
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Sounds like a fun summer read!
Hopefully 🙂
That’s a pretty cover! The story sounds impactful, I’m happy to see more books out there like this 🙂
Me too! We need more books with different plots
What a pretty cover! And the story sounds amazing too – I would love to review it if you have anybody ARCs 🤗
Sounds like an interesting read
Hopefully it will be 🙂
I like the cover!
Me too 🙂
That is a gorgeous cover!
It is !
Beautiful cover! 🙂
Agreed 🙂
I love the colorful cover and font choice
Me too!
A bright summer cover. Looks good.
It does 🙂