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Promising Azra

Helen Thurloe

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English
Allen & Unwin
27 July 2016
Azra is sixteen, smart and knows how to get what she wants. She thinks.

When she wins a place in a national science competition, she thinks her biggest problem is getting her parents' permission to go. But she doesn't know they're busy arranging her marriage to an older cousin she's never met. In Pakistan. In just three months' time...

Azra always thought she'd finish high school with her friends and then go on to study science, but now her dreams of university are suddenly overshadowed. 

Can she find a way to do what she wants, while keeping her parents happy? Or does being a good daughter mean sacrificing her freedom?

Promising Azra by Helen Thurloe at Abbey's Bookshop 131 York Street Sydney

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Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 128mm, 
Weight:   336g
ISBN:   9781760113278
ISBN 10:   1760113271
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 18 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Helen Thurloe is an award-winning Australian writer, with her poems and essays widely published...Promising Azra is her first novel. To support its completion, the project was awarded a mentorship from the Children's Book Council of Australia (NSW), as well as two residential fellowships through the NSW Writers' Centre, and Varuna The National Writers House...Her day jobs have included political staffer, public relations consultant, teacher of the Alexander Technique, and furniture sales and marketing. Helen has lived in both Brazil and Britain, but Sydney is now home...

  • Short-listed for Multicultural NSW Award - NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2017 (Australia)
  • Winner of Young Adult Prize - Society of Women Writers Book Awards 2018 (Australia)

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