The Movement

Malik, Ayisha

£20.00

Every time Sara Javed switches on her laptop, checks her phone or goes outside, people are shouting. Everyone seems to be angry about something and she just wishes that they would all shut up. Until she realises that perhaps she should take her own advice. Her voluntary silence is first met with polite, if somewhat disconcerted, alarm. But as her silence inspires others, what Sara doesn’t anticipate is inadvertently becoming the figurehead for what becomes a global phenomenon: ‘The Silent Movement’. As outrage grows over the protest, and global structures start to shift, the lives of strangers and those closest to Sara start to unravel. Sara and two women inspired by her actions, Grace and Zainab, must reconsider what it means to them to have a voice – or face grave repercussions.

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Publish Date: 21/07/2022

Description

‘Original, clever, insightful and packs a hell of a feminist punch. I loved it’ Joanne Harris

‘A revelation and a revolution’ Kasim Ali

With words come power. But do you speak out or shut up?

Everywhere Sara Javed goes – online or outside – everyone is shouting about something. Couldn’t they all just shut up? One day she takes her own advice.

At first people don’t understand her silence and are politely confused at best. But the last thing Sara could anticipate is becoming the figurehead of a global movement that splits society in two.

The Silent Movement sparks outrage in its opposers. Global structures start to shift. And the lives of those closest to Sara – as well as strangers inspired by her act – begin to unravel.

It’s time for the world to reconsider what it means to have a voice.

A sharply observed novel, charged with compassion and dark wit, that will spark important conversations about how we live, relate and communicate now.

#SILENCEISPOWER

READERS ARE CAPTIVATED BY THE MOVEMENT

‘Brilliant and thought-provoking’

‘A novel about choices and how women’s choices are always subject to critics’

‘Zainab’s story will stay with me for years to come’

‘There is a lot to be learnt from this work of fiction’

‘Essential reading’

‘Perfect for this age of noise’

‘A very compelling read’

Additional information

Weight 680 g
Dimensions 238 × 164 × 40 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

viii, 433

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K