With the world's focus on women's rights, it is timely and significant. Promising Azra gives voice to an important issue. Cassie McCullagh, Life Matters, ABC Radio National The drama in the book does become quite intense, and raises issues about what people do when they have great loyalty to their family. It has very engaging and delightful characters, they're fantastically feisty and lovely, these girls. I strongly recommend this title! Rob, Lamont Books Standing Orders, Secondary Book of the Month. Her debut novel Promising Azra through Allen & Unwin has been similarly well received with manuscript development prizes such as Varuna Writers. It shows cultural diversity in the extreme and should be widely read in school groups as an excellent resource on this topic. With a frightening and fast paced ending, this was an exciting and thought provoking novel, ideal for any teenagers. Amanda Hampson, author of The Olive Sisters The author has done a brilliant job of creating an endearing protagonist in Azra… at some point everything has to be put aside so you can finish those last heart-stopping chapters. But she doesn't know they're busy arranging her marriage to an older cousin she's never met. When she wins a place in a national science competition, she thinks her biggest problem is getting her parents' permission to go. Andrew Pople, First Draft, Radio 2SERĪbsolutely enthralling and educational at the same time. Azra is sixteen, smart and knows how to get what she wants. A fascinating story about forced marriage and the impacts it has within a society. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. I was completely gripped by it, it's a page turner. Promising Azra - Ebook written by Helen Thurloe.

Promising Azra by Helen Thurloe