Ava Homa discusses her recent novel, Daughters of Smoke and Fire, with writer Ayelet Tsabari.
In Daughters of Smoke and Fire, Leila—a young Kurdish woman living in Iran—finds herself in grave danger when she launches a campaign to find her missing brother Chia, a political activist who follows in the footsteps of their father, who was tortured and imprisoned for his views.
This interview first aired on Lithub as part of their Rekindled series.
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