House of Glass Hearts

Maera and her ammi never talk about the Past a place where theyve banished their familys heartache and grief forever. They especially never mention the night Maeras older brother Asad disappeared from her naanas house in Karachi ten years ago. But when her grandfather dies and his derelict greenhouse appears in her backyard from thousands of miles away Maera is forced to confront the horrors of her grandfathers past. To find out what happened to her brother she must face the keepers of her familys secrets-the monsters that live inside her grandfathers mysterious house of glass. Seamlessly blending history with myth HOUSE OF GLASS HEARTS follows a Pakistani-American teens ruthless quest to find her missing sibling even if the truth would reveal her grandfathers devastating secret and tear her family apart. In a narrative that switches between colonial India and present-day America this ambitious debut explores how the horrors of the past continue to shape the lives of South Asians around the world.