Somebody Loves You Av Mona Arshi

<p><b>Shortlisted for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize</b></p><p><b>Shortlisted for the 2022 Jhalak Prize</b></p><p><b>Longlisted for the 2022 Republic of Consciousness Prize</b></p><p><b>Longlisted for the 2022 Desmond Elliott Prize</b></p><p><i>A teacher asked me a question, and <br>I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with <br>perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out again.</i></p><p>Ruby gives up talking at a young age. Her mother isn’t always there to notice; she comes and goes and goes and comes, until, one day, she doesn’t. Silence becomes Ruby’s refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mother’s mental illness and a pressurized suburban atmosphere.</p><p>Plangent, deft, and sparkling with wry humour, <i>Somebody Loves You </i>is a moving exploration of how we choose or refuse to tell the stories that shape us.</p><p></p>