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The Idle Stance Of The Tippler Pigeon

Book Info
Genre: Fiction, Pakistan, Contemporary
Length: 250 pages
Published: July 2023
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123211934-the-idle-stance-of-the-tippler-pigeon
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Idle-Stance-Tippler-Pigeon/dp/1911107704/

Zohaib, Misha and Nadia believed they would be in each other’s lives
forever. As children they played, argued, teased and loved one another. Yet
nothing could have prepared them for the tragic turn of events one fateful
afternoon in Karachi, Pakistan, when the divisions and differences between
them are revealed.
Years later and they are still trying to piece their lives back together, still
trying to make sense of what happened. Zohaib is living in London, haunted
by the ghosts of the past. Nadia has escaped the household where she first
met Misha and Zohaib but finds fate delivering her back to their door…
The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon is a beautifully rendered portrait of
love, healing, and long-buried pain, digging deep into the nature of trauma
and class division.

About the Author
Safinah Danish Elahi is a lawyer, poet, writer, and the founder of an
independent publishing house based in Pakistan. Her poetry collection has
been critically acclaimed and one of her novels has been commissioned for
television. Safinah was selected for the Iowa Writer’s Workshop 2022 Fall. Residency and is often on the judging panel for writing competitions across
Pakistan.

My Review First point, the trigger warnings are on the front cover, I hugely appreciated this. I never imagined I would’ve been a person needing them, but I do like to be forewarned of topics of loss, as I need to prepare myself. As a griever myself I now have first hand experience of how this one tragic event ripples out through the family, causing rifts, tension, more loss, heartache and how each of these deeply impact each one of us. This book is crafted to slowly focus on those ripples the real aftermath after tragedy. How these impact relationships, the taboo subjects. Ones I hadn’t even ever thought of before my own circumstances. We are in Pakistan following friendships and family, it’s beautiful. One to read to really feel and immerse yourself in.