A Huma Qureshi reader recommended a book on Twitter...

As part of Diverse December, book lovers are tweeting recommendations of works by BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) authors. Yesteray evening, reader Karen O tweeted a recommendation for Huma Qureshi's collection of short stories, In Spite of Oceans.

Got to recommend @Huma_Qureshi 's lovely book 'In Spite of Oceans' for #diversedecember and all year round! https://t.co/Hmt0khNIxh

— Karen O (@SecretScribbler) December 2, 2015

And then this morning Qureshi tweeted.

I don't bang on abt my book. But if you're interested, 10 short stories on life & families that happen to be South Asian. #diversedecember

— huma qureshi (@Huma_Qureshi) December 4, 2015

Yes there's a story on marriage but also a father watching son suffer from mental illness, teen struggling with sexuality #diversedecember

— huma qureshi (@Huma_Qureshi) December 4, 2015

Not "exclusive" "asian" "experiences" but everyone's - grief, loss, loneliness & the burden of culture #diversedecember

— huma qureshi (@Huma_Qureshi) December 4, 2015

I can't do much abt the woman in the sari on the cover but look beyond it & there's stories of lives breaking. #diversedecember

— huma qureshi (@Huma_Qureshi) December 4, 2015

It's rare I tweet about it but, if I don't, no one will know about it. Life, loss & loneliness - in spite of oceans - #diversedecember

— huma qureshi (@Huma_Qureshi) December 4, 2015

Not forgetting...
 

@SecretScribbler thank you for being one to take notice x

— huma qureshi (@Huma_Qureshi) December 4, 2015

All of this, we think, is quite perfect. Great stuff.