Salutation Road

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Salutation Road by Salma Ibrahim is a beautifully told, speculative literary debut about the everyday struggles of immigration, love and letting go of a past that never really existed. For fans of Nadifa Mohamed and Mohsin Hamid. 23-year-old Sirad Ali is a woman adrift. Abandoned by her father in childhood, she does her best to support her mother and younger brother in their small flat in South London. But she can't help but wonder if this is the life she really wants. Until one morning, when she boards the bus to work in Greenwich, she finds herself transported to an alternate reality in present-day Mogadishu. There she encounters her double, Ubah - the woman she could have been had her parents never fled to London during the Somali Civil War. And what follows will change both of their lives for ever . . .

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'A bold, intriguing act of imagination . . . Salutation Road confronts important questions about parallel existences splintered by immigration, the price of survival, and the ways migration and distance reshape blood ties and family' - Aube Rey Lescure, Women's Prize shortlisted author of River East, River West
Beautiful, thought-provoking and meaningful - Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally
'A vital exploration. . . Salutation Road interrogates who and what we would be if our family histories were different, how far we will go for those we love and how much we can ever really know about ourselves. A brilliant debut from a promising new voice.' - Nadeine Asbali, author of Veiled Threat
'The most incredible tale of alternate lives, love and what it means to build a home.' - Danielle Giles, author of Mere
'A poignant , tender and captivating tale of connection, exploring the hidden pieces of ourselves that might have been.' - Kosar Ali, BAFTA nominated actress of ROCKS

Author Bio

Salma Ibrahim is a Somali South Londoner with a passion for humanitarian issues. By day, Salma works in marketing at UNICEF; by night, she writes novels and runs a literary organization called Literary Natives to provide support and opportunities to writers of colour around the world.