Far Cry From The Turquoise Room (Hassan and Leila, #2) (eBook, ePUB)
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Told from both daughter and father's perspectives, Far Cry From The Turquoise Room is a coming-of-age, riches-to-rags tale of loss, resilience, and self-discovery, just before the millennium. It is also about the passage of childhood into puberty. Leila is the eight-year-old daughter of Hassan Nassiri, a wealthy Iranian property owner, and younger sister to the adored Fayruz, her father's favourite daughter. But a holiday narrowboat tragedy has far-reaching consequences for the surviving family. Hassan withdraws into reclusive grief, when he's not escaping into work, or high jinks with his men...
Told from both daughter and father's perspectives, Far Cry From The Turquoise Room is a coming-of-age, riches-to-rags tale of loss, resilience, and self-discovery, just before the millennium. It is also about the passage of childhood into puberty. Leila is the eight-year-old daughter of Hassan Nassiri, a wealthy Iranian property owner, and younger sister to the adored Fayruz, her father's favourite daughter. But a holiday narrowboat tragedy has far-reaching consequences for the surviving family. Hassan withdraws into reclusive grief, when he's not escaping into work, or high jinks with his men friends at his second home in Hampstead, leaving Leila to fend for herself in a lonely world of nannies, chess and star-gazing. Leila eventually runs away from home and joins a family of travellers in Sussex, and so follows a tale of adventure, danger and romance - and further anguish for her surviving family. But how will she fare at such a young age and will her family ever find her? Far Cry From The Turquoise Room has received a 'Chill With a Book Readers Award' It was also a Finalist in the 2019 Raven Awards - Uncaged Book Reviews
This can be read as a standalone book or as part of a series. Hassan and Leila are both introduced in Seaview Terrace in a different location and time frame.
This can be read as a standalone book or as part of a series. Hassan and Leila are both introduced in Seaview Terrace in a different location and time frame.
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