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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, International Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781784164928
Published: September 2022
Imprint: Black Swan
Page Extent: 384
Format: Paperback
RRP 250.00

Stray Cats of Homs

Eva Nour, Agnes Broome

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'An incredible book. Profoundly affecting and deeply soulful. This book will stay with me forever.' Ruth Jones, the Sunday Times bestselling author of By Your Side

I don't know how you've made it this far . . .

Sami's childhood is much like any other - school with his friends, dinners with his family, playing with his pets (stray cats and dogs, and the turtle he keeps on the roof).

But with Syria at war with itself, nothing is really normal. And Sami's hopes for a better future are about to be ripped away.

Inspired by extraordinary true events, The Stray Cats of Homs is the breathtaking story of a young man who will do anything to keep the dream of home alive.
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About the Author

Eva Nour

Eva Nour

Eva Nour is a journalist writing under a pseudonym. She was inspired to write The Stray Cats of Homs, her debut novel, by meeting and falling in love with the real 'Sami'. Today the couple share a life together in Paris.

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Agnes Broome

Agnes Broomé

Agnes Broomé is a literary translator and Preceptor in Scandinavian at Harvard University, with a PhD in Translation Studies. Her translations include August Prize winners The Expedition by Bea Uusma and The Gospel of the Eels by Patrik Svensson, and international bestseller For the Missing by Lina Bengtsdotter.

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