House of Yesterday -- Deeba Zargarpur - Hardcover

Taking inspiration from the author's own Afghan-Uzbek heritage, this contemporary YA debut is a breathtaking journey into the grief that lingers through generations of immigrant families, and what it means to confront the ghosts of your past.

Struggling to deal with the pain of her parents' impending divorce, fifteen-year-old Sara is facing a world of unknowns and uncertainties. Unfortunately, the one person she could always lean on when things got hard, her beloved Bibi Jan, has become a mere echo of the grandmother she once was. And so Sara retreats into the family business, hoping a summer working on her mom's latest home renovation project will provide a distraction from her fracturing world.

But the house holds more than plaster and stone. It holds secrets that have her clinging desperately to the memories of her old life. Secrets that only her Bibi Jan could have untangled. Secrets Sara is powerless to ignore as the dark truths of her family's history rise in ghostly apparitions -- and with it, the realization that as much as she wants to hold onto her old life, nothing will ever be the same.

Told in lush, sweeping prose, this story of secrets, summer, and family sacrifice will chill you to the bone as the house that wraps Sara in warmth of her past becomes the one thing she cannot escape...

Author: Deeba Zargarpur
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 11/29/2022
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.39h x 5.78w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780374388706
Age Range: 14-18

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2022
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 10/31/2022
Booklist 11/01/2022 pg. 80
School Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 94