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Godsend: A Novel
Inspired by the story of John Walker Lindh, the “American Taliban", Whiting Award-winning author John Wray explores the circumstances that could impel a young American to abandon identity and home to become an Islamist militant.
Like many other 18-year-olds, Aden Sawyer is intently focused on a escape from her hometown. Her plan will take her far from her mother’s claustrophobic house, where the family photos have all been turned to face the wall, and from the influence of her domineering father - a professor of Islamic studies - and his new wife.
Aden’s dream, however, is worlds removed from conventional fantasies of teen She is determined to travel to Peshawar, Pakistan, to study Islam at a madrassa. To do so, she takes on a new identity, disguising herself as a young man named Suleyman. Aden fully commits to this new life, even burning her passport to protect her secret. But once she is on the ground, she finds herself in greater danger than she could possibly have imagined.
Faced with violence, disillusionment, and loss, Aden must make choices that will test not only her faith, but also her most fundamental understanding of who she is, and that will set her on a wild, brutal course toward redemption by blood.
John Wray’s Godsend is an enduring coming-of-age audiobook.
Like many other 18-year-olds, Aden Sawyer is intently focused on a escape from her hometown. Her plan will take her far from her mother’s claustrophobic house, where the family photos have all been turned to face the wall, and from the influence of her domineering father - a professor of Islamic studies - and his new wife.
Aden’s dream, however, is worlds removed from conventional fantasies of teen She is determined to travel to Peshawar, Pakistan, to study Islam at a madrassa. To do so, she takes on a new identity, disguising herself as a young man named Suleyman. Aden fully commits to this new life, even burning her passport to protect her secret. But once she is on the ground, she finds herself in greater danger than she could possibly have imagined.
Faced with violence, disillusionment, and loss, Aden must make choices that will test not only her faith, but also her most fundamental understanding of who she is, and that will set her on a wild, brutal course toward redemption by blood.
John Wray’s Godsend is an enduring coming-of-age audiobook.
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Published October 9, 2018
About the author
John Wray
34 books180 followersJohn Wray is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, Godsend, The Lost Time Accidents, Lowboy, The Right Hand of Sleep and Canaan's Tongue. He was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists in 2007. The recipient of a Whiting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, he lives in Brooklyn and Mexico City.
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