Better Left Unsaid
Published on 20. September 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-5420-3774-7 (ISBN)
Description
Three siblings. Three promises. Three lifetimes of saying all the wrong things...
"A family drama with a huge amount of heart... A powerful, hopeful read." -Bobby Palmer
"A layered and powerful story about family and identity. Tufayel Ahmed is a talented and vital voice." -Lauren Ho
"Entertaining, poignant, and eye-opening." -Justin Myers (The Guyliner)
Since their mother's death, siblings Imran, Sumaya and Majid have drifted in three very different directions, trying to live up to the last promises they each made to her. But when a viral news piece throws an unwanted spotlight on the family, they're drawn back into each other's lives for the first time in years.
With the media attention exposing the cracks in Imran's already fragile marriage, he begs Sumaya to return from New York to help-but living under the same roof again after all this time brings up all the secrets they'd both thought long-buried. And now nothing can stop the truth from coming out...
With the promises they once made in tatters, is this a chance for the siblings to finally live the lives they've always wanted and rebuild the bond they once had? Or has too much already been said?
"A family drama with a huge amount of heart... A powerful, hopeful read." -Bobby Palmer
"A layered and powerful story about family and identity. Tufayel Ahmed is a talented and vital voice." -Lauren Ho
"Entertaining, poignant, and eye-opening." -Justin Myers (The Guyliner)
Since their mother's death, siblings Imran, Sumaya and Majid have drifted in three very different directions, trying to live up to the last promises they each made to her. But when a viral news piece throws an unwanted spotlight on the family, they're drawn back into each other's lives for the first time in years.
With the media attention exposing the cracks in Imran's already fragile marriage, he begs Sumaya to return from New York to help-but living under the same roof again after all this time brings up all the secrets they'd both thought long-buried. And now nothing can stop the truth from coming out...
With the promises they once made in tatters, is this a chance for the siblings to finally live the lives they've always wanted and rebuild the bond they once had? Or has too much already been said?
Reviews / Votes
"With its vividly-rendered cast of characters and an intriguing plot that gives up its secrets with great emotional precision, Better Left Unsaid is a layered and powerful story about family and identity. Tufayel Ahmed is a talented and vital voice." -Lauren Ho, author of Last Tang Standing and Lucie Yi is Not a Romantic"A family drama with a huge amount of heart, I tore through it in about two days. A powerful, hopeful read." -Bobby Palmer
"With insight and sensitivity, Better Left Unsaid explores complicated family dynamics and the eternal push-and-pull conflicts between tradition, repression, grief and the desire for openness, healing and joy. Entertaining, poignant, and eye-opening." -Justin Myers (The Guyliner)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5420-3774-7 (9781542037747)
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Person
Tufayel Ahmed is a journalist and lecturer who proudly hails from the streets of Tower Hamlets, East London. He has written for Newsweek, Vice, CNN, the Independent and more. This is his second novel. To find out more, visit his website, tufayel.co, or find him on Twitter @tufayel and on Instagram @tufayelahmed.