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<p><b>***As dramatised on BBC Radio Four***</b><br><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE</b><br><b>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> and <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER</b><br><b>A RICHARD AND JUDY PICK</b><br><br><b>''Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime''</b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><br>Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed older man. Away from her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London''s East End. Nazneen knows not a word of English, and is forced to depend on her husband.<br><br>Confined in her tiny flat, Nazneen sews furiously for a living, shut away with her buttons and linings - until the radical Karim steps unexpectedly into her life. On a background of racial conflict and tension, they embark on a love affair that forces Nazneen finally to take control of her fate.<br><br><b>A <i>GRANTA</i> BEST OF BRITISH YOUNG NOVELIST</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE <i>