Home of the Floating Lily by Abdullah, Silmy

Home of the Floating Lily is a collection of eight short stories that provide a glimpse into the lives of Bangladeshi immigrants, mostly women, in Scarborough and the ways in which they deal with migration, displacement, and the longing for home as they move between countries, cities, and relationships.

Author: Silmy Abdullah
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 07/20/2021
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781459748170

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/24/2021
Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 34

About the Author
Silmy Abdullah is a Bangladeshi-Canadian author and lawyer. Her legal practice focuses on the intersection of immigration, poverty, and gender-based violence. Silmy writes both fiction and non-fiction, and Home of the Floating Lily is her debut collection. She lives in Toronto.