Description: Cover art by Jade They US: Dzanc Bookshop Barnes & Noble Amazon UK: Foyle's Waterstones Bookshop “In this teeming maelstrom of (in)humanity, Ali posits a wrenching, everyman tragedy that shrewdly reads as prophetic warning, nimbly cast in potent storytelling.” —Shelf Awareness“In this story about the irrevocable forces of change, climate catastrophe is inseparable from demographic…
“There are no easy epiphanies to be found in People Want to Live . Instead, these immaculate works of short fiction highlight a shared sense of resilience that is both crisp and well-earned.” — Dave Wheeler, Shelf Awareness (starred review) “Captures with stunning precision and tenderness the lives of people on the brink, struggling against both wider political forces and their own human frailties.” — Chicago Review of Books
“Each story has the emotional heft of a novel…. [In] People Want to Live , countries and ideologies may demarcate boundaries, but the heart knows none.” — Elaine Chiew, Foreword Reviews
“With a cast of well-drawn characters, Ali pays careful attention to themes of mental health, loneliness, and poverty. Ali’s dexterous debut strikes hard.” — Publishers Weekly “Farah Ali writes from the crater of our existence, which is to say she finds characters on the brink and brings them to us in precise prose that glimmers with hope for humanity.” — Katie Yee, Lithub