All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
In a sprawling tale that spans decades and continents, Sabaa Tahir writes a brilliant, fascinating, and heartbreaking modern novel about family and forgiveness, love and loss.
Pakistan’s Lahore. Then.
A dreamer and storyteller, Misbah just wed Toufiq in an arranged marriage. They immigrate to the United States and establish the Clouds’ Rest Inn Hotel in the hopes of a fresh start when tragedy rocks their young lives.
California’s Juniper. Now.
Noor and Salahuddin are more than just best friends; they are relatives. They were raised as outsiders in the little desert town of Juniper, California, and they have a unique understanding of one another. That is until The Battle shatters their relationship with the lightning-fast ferocity of a stellar explosion.
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
26 used from $5.30
Free shipping
Amazon.com
Sal is currently struggling to manage the family motel as Misbah’s health deteriorates and his devastated father succumbs to alcoholism. Noor, on the other hand, balances precariously between working at her vengeful uncle’s booze business and keeping her college application a secret so she can leave Juniper and him behind forever.
Sal and Noor must decide what friendship is worth in order to confront the monsters from their pasts and those present when Sal’s attempts to save the motel go awry.
A magnificent tale of adolescent love, past regrets, and forgiveness—one that is both heartbreaking and poignant in its gentle ferocity—is the latest release from one of today’s most cherished and bestselling young adult authors.
The past in Lahore, Pakistan, and the present in Juniper, California, are alternately mentioned in the narrative. Misbah’s story takes place in Lahore, while Salahudin, one of her sons, and Noor, a girl she has raised as her own, tell their stories in the desert. When the book opens, Sal is being dropped off at school by a drunken father, where his girlfriend is waiting, and his best friend Noor hasn’t spoken to him in a while since confessing her feelings for him. After her entire village in Pakistan was destroyed when she was 6 years old, Noor now lives with her uncle, who has no interest in Pakistan, Islam, or her going to college.
He has Noor work at his booze store because he owns it. Noor and Sal are reunited after Sal’s mother’s illness worsens since she has always been there for Noor. Sal’s father is preoccupied with finding the bottom of the bottles, and Noor’s uncle is furious that she is missing shifts. Even while things are already terrible, they are about to get far worse. Sal’s mother passes away, his family’s motel is heavily in debt, and there aren’t many good options for saving it.
As everyone’s tales are revealed in Juniper and Lahore and the two star-crossed narrators are compelled to face the pressures of high school and imminent adulthood as well as the grim realities of abuse, loss, and generational pain, the little town begins to feel comfortable.
