{"id":3597,"date":"2017-09-13T13:22:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T07:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2020-04-04T14:05:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T08:35:59","slug":"homefire-kamila-shamsie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/homefire-kamila-shamsie\/","title":{"rendered":"Homefire by Kamila Shamsie : How Far will You Go for the Ones You Love?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Home Fire<\/em> is a story of love and betrayal and the strength of family bonds. Told through the story of three siblings, the book makes you laugh, cry and think.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Home Fire<\/em> centers around three siblings whose parents have passed away. Their father was a jihadi who dies while being sent to Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The eldest child, Isma, easily slips into her role as a mother to her younger siblings, Aneeka and Parvaiz who are twins. At the start of the novel, Isma is leaving London for Massachussets to concentrate on her research. While in America, she gets friendly with Eamonn Lone, son of a white mother and a Pakistani father. Isma detests his father, Karamat Lone, and sees him as a traitor and opportunist in the world of politics. Meanwhile in London, Parvaiz has found new friends who lure him to fight for Islamic cause and Aneeka, his sister, is trying to help him escape from their clutches. Eamonn, over the months, becomes entangled in their family drama.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the beginning of the novel we see Isma and Aneeka practicing a mock interrogation by the airport officials to prepare for Isma\u2019s trip to America. The way Shamsie presented this scenario won my heart and I immediately knew this would be a wonderful novel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHe wanted to know her thoughts on Shias, homosexuals, the Queen, democracy, the Great British Bake Off, the invasion of Iraq, Israel, suicide bombers, dating websites.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The prejudice against Muslims was so well written and yet not in a condescending way. Shamsie tries to lighten the situation with humour, but the harsh realities definitely touch your heart.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Again, this is another feather in the cap. So well written! Parvaiz, being brought up amidst two sisters, is easily brain washed by his new friends into notions of right and wrong – the power of one gender and duty towards one\u2019s loved ones. But he retains his humanity through this process. When he realizes he has been tricked, he desperately wishes to take hold of his life again; but neither side has use for a fighter who starts rethinking about his mission. I loved how Shamsie showed Parvaiz\u2019s frustrations, his hidden love for his father, his affection towards his twin sister and his helplessness at being stuck in the system.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nIn Brief<\/h3>\n
Treatment of British Muslims<\/h3>\n
Islamic radicalism<\/h3>\n