Author Event - Saba Brelvi
Featured Book
The Squatters: A Novel
Two families collide in this thrilling debut about motherhood, migration, and the distance between who we are and who we want to be.
How far are you willing to go to help someone in need?
Surrey is a quiet, affluent area just outside of London, replete with tree-lined streets, great schools, and friendly neighbors. But among them, Dalia Waheed has never quite felt like she belongs. Though she and her husband embody second-generation immigrant success, Dalia can’t shake the sense that she is destined for something other than her carefully constructed suburban life.
While volunteering at a local nonprofit called Refugee Resettlement, Dalia meets the very pregnant Hajira and her husband, who have fled their home country to seek asylum in the U.K. In Hajira, Dalia feels a kinship she can’t quite explain. So, when Hajira asks for help finding an alternative to their squalid government housing, Dalia knows she will not ignore her plea. Helping a soon-to-be mother find a place to live is the least she can do.
What begins as a simple act of kindness spirals into something far more treacherous than Dalia could have ever imagined. Suddenly, she finds herself in a political firestorm that threatens to engulf everything she holds close: friendships, community ties—even her marriage. With the pressure mounting on all sides and the situation teetering closer to real danger, Dalia is forced to confront a terrifying question: how much is she willing to risk—for her ideals, her family, and for a woman who has already lost everything?
Gripping and unflinching, The Squatters lays bare the fractures of belonging, the costs of conviction, and the tensions that simmer beneath even the most idyllic communities.
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
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About This Event
Join us for an author event with Saba Brelvi on Nov. 19. Saba will discuss her novel The Squatters.
Registration is required. To register for this FREE event, either contact us at the bookshop or click on the "Reserve Your Spot" button below and proceed through the checkout process. Space is limited. At checkout click on the "pick up in store" button but please ignore the "pick up in store" instruction. Once you have checked out you do NOT need to stop by the store or have a physical ticket in hand; we will be maintaining an attendance list based on registrations.
About the author: Saba Brelvi is a Muslim American writer from California. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University and has spent more than two decades working in the nonprofit sector. She currently resides in Abu Dhabi with her family. The Squatters is her debut novel.
Featured Authors
Brelvi, Saba
Saba Brelvi is a Muslim American writer from California. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University and has spent more than two decades working in the nonprofit sector. She currently resides in Abu Dhabi with her family. The Squatters is her debut novel.
True, Jenny
Jenny Pritchett is the author of You Look Tired: An Excruciatingly Honest Guide to New Parenthood (Running Press, 2021) and At or Beneath the Surface: Stories (Fourteen Hills Press, 2008). She lives in San Francisco with her partner, son, stepdaughter, cat, and frog, and is a copy editor at the Guardian.
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