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'Touching, infuriating and painfully true, Strange Girls is a superlative novel by one of our most perceptive writers. Sarvat Hasin is an artist whose work demands to be read.' Julia Armfield, author of Private Rites 'Simply sublime-about that feverish, feral first finding of true friendship that becomes all-encompassing and reforms who you are.' Kiran Milwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies From award-winning author Sarvat Hasin comes a stunning novel about two estranged friends forced to reunite over one feverish weekend and reckon with the choices that tore them apart. A decade has passed since Ava spoke to Aliya. Aliya has everything Ava wants-a room of her own and a publishing deal-and, worse, the thing Ava was certain neither of them had ever wanted: a sensible doctor husband. Arriving back in London for a mutual friend's hen party, Ava is desperate to unpack the truth of their shared history and what they meant to each other. Aliya and Ava first met in the halls of their historic campus with dreams built upon Emily Bronte, Brideshead Revisited and Richard Curtis films. Their connection was electric. They created a world of their own through the stories they wrote, influencing and borrowing from each other's work. But when the end of university loomed, the real world began to pull them in opposite directions. Was their bond ever truly as strong as they thought? And what would become of the stories they told themselves about each other? Weaving together their past and present, Strange Girls is an ingenious exploration of the ties forged in the intensity of youth, and the scars left when they break.

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Touching, infuriating and painfully true, Strange Girls is a superlative novel by one of our most perceptive writers. Sarvat Hasin is an artist whose work demands to be read. -- Julia Armfield, author of PRIVATE RITES Simply sublime - about that feverish, feral first finding of true friendship that becomes all-encompassing and reforms who you are. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of THE DANCE TREE A novel both radiant with the brightness and wonder of youth, and wise-eyed with the dissolution of idealism. Sarvat Hasin is a brilliant chronicler of the human heart, and this book will move and enthral anyone who has been deeply entwined in friendship, love, and nostalgia (that is, everyone!). -- Sharlene Teo, author of PONTI A wonder of a novel. Tender and keen-eyed, with characters so lifelike you could reach out and touch them. Hasin's approach to storytelling remains singularly brilliant. I loved it. -- Amy Twigg, author of SPOILT CREATURES A novel of rare clarity and insight, aching with a complex, deeply felt love. I was captivated and moved from the outset. -- Megan Hunter, author of THE END WE START FROM Luminous, tender and near mythic in its retelling of a female friendship. Strange Girls perfectly captures our desire to be seen-through friendship, through writing, through life. This novel had its grip on my heart from the very first pages. -- Freya Bromley, author of THE TIDAL YEAR Intimate yet mysterious, Strange Girls is a tense and enthralling portrait of a relationship that resists definition: friendship, romance, sisterhood. Hasin writes love in all its troubling forms with beautiful nuance, and this novel is an entire world unto itself. You'll hate to leave it. -- Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, authors of FEAST WHILE YOU CAN I adored Strange Girls. Beautifully written, Sarvat Hasin perfectly captures university life in the noughties, the all-consuming intimacy of closeted queer-coded relationships between young women and the unbearable weight of unspoken feelings. PERFECTION. -- Alice Slater, author of DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER

A wonder of a novel. Tender and keen-eyed, with characters so lifelike you could reach out and touch them. Hasin's approach to storytelling remains singularly brilliant. I loved it. -- Amy Twigg, author of SPOILT CREATURES Intimate yet mysterious, Strange Girls is a tense and enthralling portrait of a relationship that resists definition: friendship, romance, sisterhood. Hasin writes love in all its troubling forms with beautiful nuance, and this novel is an entire world unto itself. You'll hate to leave it. -- Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, authors of FEAST WHILE YOU CAN I adored Strange Girls. Beautifully written, Sarvat Hasin perfectly captures university life in the noughties, the all-consuming intimacy of closeted queer-coded relationships between young women, and the unbearable weight of unspoken feelings. PERFECTION. -- Alice Slater Luminous, tender and near mythic in its retelling of a female friendship. Strange Girls perfectly captures our desire to be seen-through friendship, through writing, through life. This novel had its grip on my heart from the very first pages. -- Freya Bromley

Touching, infuriating and painfully true, Strange Girls is a superlative novel by one of our most perceptive writers. Sarvat Hasin is an artist whose work demands to be read. -- Julia Armfield, author of PRIVATE RITES A wonder of a novel. Tender and keen-eyed, with characters so lifelike you could reach out and touch them. Hasin's approach to storytelling remains singularly brilliant. I loved it. -- Amy Twigg, author of SPOILT CREATURES Luminous, tender and near mythic in its retelling of a female friendship. Strange Girls perfectly captures our desire to be seen-through friendship, through writing, through life. This novel had its grip on my heart from the very first pages. -- Freya Bromley, author of THE TIDAL YEAR Intimate yet mysterious, Strange Girls is a tense and enthralling portrait of a relationship that resists definition: friendship, romance, sisterhood. Hasin writes love in all its troubling forms with beautiful nuance, and this novel is an entire world unto itself. You'll hate to leave it. -- Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, authors of FEAST WHILE YOU CAN I adored Strange Girls. Beautifully written, Sarvat Hasin perfectly captures university life in the noughties, the all-consuming intimacy of closeted queer-coded relationships between young women and the unbearable weight of unspoken feelings. PERFECTION. -- Alice Slater, author of DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER Simply sublime - about that feverish, feral first finding of true friendship that becomes all-encompassing and reforms who you are. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of THE DANCE TREE

A wonder of a novel. Tender and keen-eyed, with characters so lifelike you could reach out and touch them. Hasin's approach to storytelling remains singularly brilliant. I loved it. -- Amy Twigg, author of SPOILT CREATURES Intimate yet mysterious, Strange Girls is a tense and enthralling portrait of a relationship that resists definition: friendship, romance, sisterhood. Hasin writes love in all its troubling forms with beautiful nuance, and this novel is an entire world unto itself. You'll hate to leave it. -- Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, authors of FEAST WHILE YOU CAN I adored Strange Girls. Beautifully written, Sarvat Hasin perfectly captures university life in the noughties, the all-consuming intimacy of closeted queer-coded relationships between young women and the unbearable weight of unspoken feelings. PERFECTION. -- Alice Slater, author of DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER Luminous, tender and near mythic in its retelling of a female friendship. Strange Girls perfectly captures our desire to be seen-through friendship, through writing, through life. This novel had its grip on my heart from the very first pages. -- Freya Bromley, author of THE TIDAL YEAR

Author Information

Sarvat Hasin is a novelist and dramaturg from Pakistan. She has a master's in creative writing from the University of Oxford. Her first novel, This Wide Night, was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Her second book, You Can't Go Home Again, was featured in Vogue India's and The Hindu's 'best of the year' lists. Her third novel, The Giant Dark, was a runaway critical success, won the Mo Siewcharran Prize and was shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award. She lives in London.

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