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People Change by Sara Jafari
My rating: 4/5
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: 2nd February 2023
Blurb:
When Shirin bumps into Kian at a house party in Brixton, she is taken aback by the feelings that resurface.
They last saw one another ten years ago as sixteen-year-olds at school in Hull. And the weight of everything left unsaid since then still hangs between them.
But now they're back in each other's lives, it's harder to run from the past.
There's nothing worse than losing the person you trust with your deepest secrets.
Can it be different second time around?
Review:
People Change follows Shirin, an assistant editor in publishing and Kian, an artist. The two went to secondary school together but haven't seen each other in ten years. They reconnect at a party through mutual friends and begin to start up a friendship again.
The two clearly have a past but this past isn't smooth. Both went through troubling times and as we read, we discover what exactly happened between them and if they can forget about the past for their future.
It is very focused on race, both characters being British-Iranian. From bullying and prejudice they experience at school which even continues through into the workplace in present times. It also centres around finding yourself, being vulnerable and I have to add a trigger warning for depression and suicidal thoughts too.
It is a beautiful and moving story.
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A massive thank you to Penguin for having me on the blog tour.
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