Translations

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Pub Date Aug 27 2024 | Archive Date Oct 29 2024

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Amid a series of personal disasters, Aliyah and her daughter, Sakina, retreat to rural New South Wales to make a new life. Aliyah manages to secure a run-down property and hires a farmhand, Shep, an extremely private Palestinian man and the region's imam.

During a storm, she drives past the town's river and happens upon a childhood friend, Hana, who has been living a life of desperation. Aliyah takes her in and tries to navigate the indefinable relationships between both Hana and her farmhand. Tensions rise as Aliyah's growing bond with Shep strains her devotion to Hana.

Finally, all are thrown together for a reckoning alongside Hana's brother, Hashim, and Aliyah's confidante, Billie - a local Kamilaroi midwife she met working at the hospital - while bushfires rage around them.

Amid a series of personal disasters, Aliyah and her daughter, Sakina, retreat to rural New South Wales to make a new life. Aliyah manages to secure a run-down property and hires a farmhand, Shep, an...


Advance Praise

Translations is one of the most deeply considered debuts I have ever read. Here is a writer who is unafraid to delve into the complexities of selfhood and human connection, who looks at the hypocrisy, beauty and crises of our country and times with a calm and curious eye. Jumaana Abdu is extraordinary and I will read everything she writes. - Hannah Kent

I often go searching for the words of Jumaana Abdu. Everything she writes has grace, energy and life. A star and a writer to watch. - Yumna Kassab

Translations is one of the most deeply considered debuts I have ever read. Here is a writer who is unafraid to delve into the complexities of selfhood and human connection, who looks at the...


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ISBN 9781761343889
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PAGES 336

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