Asghar and Zahra The self Love isn't an exact science

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and what makes you you

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focusing on moments of significant detail and a vast and varied cast of characters

Asghar and Zahra The self Love isn't an exact scienceSameer Rahim LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE Childhood friends Asghar and Zahra were born into the same British Muslim community in west London. But they grow up into very different people. Asghar is a shy boy nervous of stepping outside his family's comfort zone, while Zahra is an ambitious woman who has just finished her degree at Cambridge. The novel opens on their wedding day as friends and family wonder what could possibly have brought