{"id":11779,"date":"2018-06-05T17:31:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T12:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=11779"},"modified":"2018-06-05T17:31:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T12:01:03","slug":"rafina-by-shandana-minhas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/05\/rafina-by-shandana-minhas\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafina by Shandana Minhas (Cover Reveal)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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Brilliantly observed, delightful and heartbreaking, this is the story of seventeen-year-old\u00a0Rafina\u00a0<\/strong>and her big dreams and misadventures.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong> Fiction > Literary> Contemporary Fiction – Novella<\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/strong> Picador India (Pan Macmillan India)<\/p>\n

Pages:<\/strong> 280 pages (Hardback)<\/p>\n

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Rafina looks at the glamorous girl on the billboard outside her window in Karachi and thinks,\u00a0It won\u2019t be long before I\u2019m up there<\/em>. Too poor for college and dismissive of marriage, the clear-eyed young woman cajoles her mother\u2019s friend and Radiance beauty parlour masseuse, Rosie khala, into taking her on as an apprentice.<\/p>\n

Thus begin her brave misadventures \u2013 from clumsy parlour assistant, to mostly dependable tea girl, till in a stroke of serendipity, she is \u2018discovered\u2019.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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PRAISE FOR SHANDANA MINHAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Heartbreaking and hilarious,\u00a0Daddy\u2019s Boy\u00a0<\/em>is a seriously fun read.\u2019 –\u00a0Mohammed Hanif<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0Daddy\u2019s Boy<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018This touching and spunky story of a young Pakistani woman\u2019s rejection of imposed and stereotyped \u201cfeminities\u201d is honest, brutal and timely.\u2019 –\u00a0Namita Gokhale<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0Tunnel Vision<\/em><\/p>\n

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SHANDANA MINHAS<\/b>\u00a0is the award-winning Pakistani author of the novels\u00a0Tunnel Vision<\/i>,\u00a0Survival Tips for Lunatics\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Daddy\u2019s Boy<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Buy the book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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Find me on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Continue reading ➞ Rafina by Shandana Minhas (Cover Reveal)<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[52,55,99,137,328,336,340],"class_list":["post-11779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-blog-post","tag-blogging","tag-books","tag-cover-reveal","tag-new-release","tag-novella","tag-pan-macmillan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11807,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/09\/rafina-by-shandana-minhas-book-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":11779,"position":0},"title":"Rafina by Shandana Minhas (Book Review)","date":"July 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Add the book on Goodreads Buy on Amazon Genre:\u00a0Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan India Format:\u00a0Hardcover Pages: 280 Publication Date: 23 May 2018 Source:\u00a0Review Copy My Rating:\u00a02\u00a0stars Goodreads Synopsis Rafina looks at the glamorous girl on the billboard outside her window in Karachi and thinks, It won\u2019t be long before I'm\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Book Reviews"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1529998716l\/40647485.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11867,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/13\/july-and-august-2018-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":11779,"position":1},"title":"July and August 2018 Wrap-Up","date":"September 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey everyone!\u00a0How are you all? 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