The Voiceless, as she dubs herself, is a young Syrian refugee woman who has come to the UK for safety, but finds racial injustices and danger even in the nicest of neighborhoods. She is mute by emotional trauma and tries to express herself through anonymous writing to a local magazine/paper, but when she becomes witness to a crime and does not to go to the police, a domino effect falls into place leading to a local store keeper murdered.
This novel goes between current times, her experiences in Syria, and her pieces of writing. The only unfortunate twist, is that you don't always know which one of those you are reading about until you have to go back and re-read a bit. This is a pre-publication novel, so hopefully the final draft will perhaps have a font change, or a visual signal.
Thank you Algonquin Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this arc. No doubt, this book will be a success when it hits the shelves!

I loved this book. Loved the format, the story, the realism, the questions. A must read. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If a book can help those of us who live in safety and privilege to begin to understand a refugee and asylum seeker‘s experience, then this is the book. A young Syrian refugee is no longer able to speak after her traumatic migration to England. Her heartbreaking and harrowing experiences are revealed as she observes her neighbors in the apartment complex where she lives. She writes articles for The New Press as The Voiceless. When her articles begin to garner attention, her editor asks for more. As her story unfolds slowly, piece by piece, the tension becomes ever more taut. I cannot leave this book behind. It was difficult to read - difficult to accept the horrible experiences. I have no regrets.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this arc in exchange for an honest review.