The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain
Published by HQ 20th February available in hardback eBook and Audio
Amjad never imagined he’d be a single father. But, when tragedy strikes, he must step up for his two children while his world falls apart.
Saahil dreams of providing for his dad and sister. But his life is about to take an unexpected turn.
The baby of the family, Zahra, is shielded from the worst the world has to offer. But, as she grows up, she wonders if she can rely on anyone but herself.
There’s no such thing as an easy journey. But when life sends the family in different directions, will they take their own paths or find their way back to each other?
Emotional and real, The Family Tree is the story of one ordinary family and how it’s the extraordinary moments that define us all.
Amjad cradles his baby daughter in the middle of the night. He has no time to mourn his wife’s death. Saahil and Zahra, his two small children, are relying on him. Amjad vows to love and protect them always.
Years later, Saahil and his best friend, Ehsan, have finished university and are celebrating with friends. But when the night turns dangerous, its devastating effects will ripple through the years to come.
Zahra’s world is alight with politics and activism. But she is now her father’s only source of comfort, and worries she’ll never have time for her own aspirations. Life has taken her small family in different directions – will they ever find their way back to each other?
The Family Tree is the moving story of a British Muslim family full of love, laughter and resilience as well as all the faults, mistakes and stubborn loyalties which make us human.
MY REVIEW
The Family Tree, is quite heartbreaking, when Amjad wife Neelam died, after she haemorrhaged after delivery that left him to become a single dad to his two children. Zahra was just a baby. As Amjad adapted to his new life without Neelam, he realised that he needed help with everything. He need to be taught how to look after a newborn. I really felt emotional for Amjad as single dad looking after a baby. After a year of Neelam passing, Amjad’s, mother started to nag at him to marry again. I personally didn’t agree with his mother nagging him to get married again, I think she should have left it up to Amjad to make that decision if and when, he felt the time to find another woman to love and marry. I loved reading The Family Tree, about an Asian family who are living in Britain, who have their own family troubles, just the same as any family.
MY THANKS TO
I would like to thank Harper Collins for sending me this great first novel The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain to read and review.
ABOUT SAIRISH HUSSAIN
Sairish Hussain was born and brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She studied English Language and Literature at the University of Huddersfield and progressed onto an MA in Creative Writing. Sairish completed her PhD in 2019 after being awarded the university’s Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship. The Family Tree is her debut novel and is now writing her second book.
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