Son of Sin
Omar Sakr
An estranged father. An abused and abusive mother. An army of relatives. A tapestry of violence, woven across generations and geographies, from Turkey to Lebanon to Western Sydney. This is the legacy left to Jamal Smith, a young queer Muslim trying to escape a past in which memory and rumour trace ugly shapes in the dark. When every thread in life constricts instead of connects, how do you find a way to breathe? Torn between faith and fear, gossip and gospel, family and friendship, Jamal must find and test the limits of love.
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Author
Omar Sakr
Pages
276
Publisher
Affirm Press
Published Date
2022
ISBN
1922711039 9781922711038
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"A dazzling, lyrical coming of age story filled with heartbreak, realizations, and, ultimately, self acceptance and love. The poetic flow of this story pierced into my heart almost immediately, and I hung on to every word, every ounce of cruelty, longing, laughter, and revelation with such a endearment to our narrator. This felt so real, mainly because for so many, this story is real. "