The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages by Sophie Hardach

The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages by Sophie Hardach

When Kurdish refugee Selim ends up in a small town in Germany, he believes he is finally safe, until the law catches up with him and the clock starts ticking. Selim realises there is only one way to avoid deportation, if he dare try...

An affecting portrayal of the troubles faced by the displaced and dispossessed seeking refuge in the West * Mail on Sunday *
Imaginative and compelling * Woman & Home *
A lucid debut by a talented writerHer global sensibility and refreshing style give this novel [...] an original flavour. The story [...] is handled with real delight and authority * Daily Mail *
[A] smart and gripping novel about identity, immigration, love and marriage * Daily Mirror *
Give us five words to describe The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages? Kurdish odyssey with Parisian denouement * The List *

Sophie Hardach is the author of three novels, The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages, about Kurdish refugees, Of Love and Other Wars, about pacifists during World War Two, and Confession with Blue Horses, about the repercussions of the division of Germany on the lives of individuals. Also a journalist, she worked as a correspondent for Reuters news agency in Tokyo, Paris and Milan and and has written for a number of publications including the Guardian, BBC Future and The Economist. Her first non-fiction book, Languages Are Good For Us, was published by Head of Zeus in 2021.

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ISBN 13	9781838939236
ISBN 10	1838939237
Title	The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages
Author	Sophie Hardach
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2021-06-10
Number of pages	416
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