{"id":3326,"date":"2020-03-23T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2020-03-23T13:24:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:24:20","slug":"the-songbirds-set-yourself-free-by-alif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=3326","title":{"rendered":"The Songbirds: Set Yourself Free by Alif"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"the<\/p>\n

A meditation on love’s complicated intimacies\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Set in South India and London, Alif\u2019s brilliant novel beautifully captures the melancholy of longing and love. The son of an \u201cupper-class family\u201d Kasim falls in love with \u201cthe poor distant relation\u201d Sumera, the headstrong, audacious beauty. The circumstances separate the lovers, but Kasim finds it hard to let go. In a particularly tender narrative filled with intriguing details of everyday life in the small South Indian town, Alif spins an intriguing tale, detailing the breakdown of Kasim\u2019s life: his deep love for Sumera, other women in his life, his move to London, his marriage followed by a bitter divorce as he finds his way in the world while a forlorn longing for Sumera\u2019s companionship stays at the back of his mind. Along the way, Alif explores the religion-based intolerance in a country that is seemingly westernized on the surface but still traditional in its dealings. A stunning literary tale!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Note: This title is free on Kindle Unlimited.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Songbirds: Set Yourself Free <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

By Alif<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Buy now<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Troubador Publishing<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Pub date March 19, 2020<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

ASIN B0865VZKPG<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Price $2.31 (USD) Kindle edition<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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A meditation on love’s complicated intimacies\u2026 Set in South India and London, Alif\u2019s brilliant novel beautifully captures the melancholy of longing and love. The son of an \u201cupper-class family\u201d Kasim falls in love with \u201cthe poor distant relation\u201d Sumera, the headstrong, audacious beauty. The circumstances separate the lovers, but Kasim finds it hard to let go. In a particularly tender narrative filled with intriguing details of everyday life in the small South Indian town, Alif […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1747],"tags":[7223,726,91,460,3328,178,1747,1136176,610903656,54306025,91586,1473,309,349],"class_list":["post-3326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-blogging","tag-blogs","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-indie-books","tag-indie-books-review","tag-indieauthor","tag-literary-fiction","tag-reading","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-RE","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3326"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3331,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326\/revisions\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}