⚠️ TW: death, stillbirth, child abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, forced marriage ⚠️ This is such a whirlwind read filled with family drama, cultural expectations and life, love and everything in between. This book follows Nasrin and Sabrina who on the face of things live enviable and successful lives in London and New York when their worlds flip upside down due to the death of their father, Shamsur, as they rush to their mother's side in their childhood home in Wales. But what they didn't consider when going back was how they'd step back into their stifling world of culture, family and childhood memories that they'd escaped so long ago. And this only becomes worse when Shamsur’s will is read and they discover a devastating secret that challenges everyone's perspectives of him, as well as profoundly changing the lives of the sisters and creating an irreparable family rift. This was such a good read centred around the complexities of relationships and emotions relating to family, religion and culture. It opened my eyes to a world that I knew little about as it immerses you in so much and I thought this was done really well through the various pov's between sisters and geographical locations. And despite the fact I didn't understand some of it with the Bangladeshi language dotted throughout and some of the cultural aspects, I was still able to appreciate it as well as it making me think of things that I hadn't previously considered. I did feel that it was a bit too long though and didn't flow very well in parts due to being broken from the language barrier and having to Google translate it but overall I did enjoy it and if you are into family drama and coming of age literature then I definitely recommend giving this one a go.