About the Book: Runaways
AN EXPLOSIVE NEW NOVEL THAT ASKS DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ABOUT MODERN MUSLIM
IDENTITY IN A WORLD ON FIRE Anita Rose lives in a concrete block in one of
Karachis biggest slums, languishing in poverty with her mother and older
brother. Determined to escape her stifling circumstances, she struggles to
educate herself, scribbling down English words-gleaned from watching TV or
taught by her elderly neighbour-in her most prized possession: a glossy red
notebook. All the while she is aware that a larger destiny awaits her. On the
other side of Karachi lives Monty, whose father owns half the city. But Monty
wants more than fast