A contemporary YA debut, with magical realism elements, about an Afghan-Uzbek girl who confronts the ghosts of her immigrant family's past, inspired by the Afghan-Uzbek author's own history.
Deeba Zargarpur is an Afghan-Uzbek American. She credits her love
of literature across various languages to her immigrant parents,
whose eerie tales haunted her well into the night. If given the
choice, Deeba would spend her days getting lost in spooky towns
with nothing but a notebook and eye for adventure to guide her.
House of Yesterday is her debut novel. She lives in
Philadelphia.
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"Zargarpur has penned a dazzling debut that combines a complex
intergenerational immigrant-family drama, a story of a teen dealing
with sweeping life changes, and a genre-bending ghost story."
--Booklist, STARRED REVIEW "A suspenseful, artfully written
paranormal drama exploring the ghosts of intergenerational trauma."
--Kirkus
"[A] dreamlike novel that engagingly examines grief, healing, and
preserving the stories of the past." --Publishers Weekly
"Lyrical and poignant, Deeba Zargarpur's novel weaves an evocative
narrative of grief, family, and the many ways in which the past can
haunt us. A heart-wrenching debut, and one you cannot miss."
--Swati Teerdhala, author of The Tiger at Midnight trilogy
"Much like the titular house that both haunts and illuminates
Sara's life, House of Yesterday is an atmospheric powerhouse of a
book that will have you gripped in its thrall long after you've
turned the last page. Zargarpur's tale of how family both builds us
up and tears us apart will stay with me for a long time."
--Roseanne A. Brown, New York Times Bestselling Author of A Song of
Wraiths and Ruin "A beautifully written tale about reckoning the
rose-colored stories our family tells us as children with the often
painful truths we understand as adults. Sara's unflinchingly messy
and deeply heartfelt journey will remain with readers for a long
time." --Amanda Foody, New York Times Bestselling co-author of All
of Us Villains "House of Yesterday is a tender, haunting tribute to
the secrets, grudges, and forgiveness that bind a family. The story
is at once an open door for outsiders as well as an affirming
mirror for hyphenated readers." --Nadia Hashimi, author of The
Pearl That Broke Its Shell "A stunning exploration about a girl
dealing with grief and identity. Written in hauntingly beautiful
prose, Zargarpur captures the struggle of a diaspora girl grappling
with how her family's identity clashes with who she thinks she
wants to be. A gorgeous debut!" --Kat Cho, New York Times
Bestselling Author of Once Upon a K-Prom and Wicked Fox "Hauntingly
beautiful prose evokes a sense of the gothic in House of Yesterday.
In this stunning debut, Zargarpur weaves a unique tale of memory,
grief, and intergenerational trauma where the past stalks the
present, and the future hangs in the balance."--June CL Tan, author
of Jade Fire Gold HOUSE OF YESTERDAY is a haunting, lyrical
meditation on generational trauma; a love letter to diaspora
families, in all their imperfect glory; and most important of all,
a shining testament to the fact that healing can come from the most
unlikely of places, if only we have the courage to reach for it.
--Adib Khorram, Award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not
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