Girl Friday Productions

Beirut, 1985. A city in ruins. A fifteen-year-old girl who longs for love above all else.

VEIL OF SILENCE is out today! 🎉

Believing they are safeguarding their daughter's honor, Hoda's parents force her into an arranged marriage with Tony, a man more than twice her age. Swayed by his generous gifts and attention, Hoda believes Tony's promises of a better life away from her shattered city. But will her marriage be the fairytale she dreams it to be?

Bound by religious law and familial duties, Hoda must play the hand she was dealt: to be a devoted wife, a good mother, and a faithful daughter—even if it means remaining silent about the truth.

A tender, thought-provoking tale of female identity and finding one's voice. A powerful story of love and loss, tradition and independence, and the redeeming quality of friendship and family.

Available now wherever books are sold online. 🔗

A radically altered life path can lead from tragedy and loss to community, connection, and joy.

STRIDE by Avra Wing is now available for request on NetGalley! 📖

One spring afternoon in 1990, writer and mother Avra Wing, while holding her young son, is crushed by an out-of-control car careening onto the sidewalk near her Brooklyn home. She manages to hold on to her little boy, who is physically unharmed. She loses her right leg.

Stride is an unflinchingly honest account of living with sudden disability in a world designed for the able-bodied. Wing writes with poetic intimacy about navigating the physical and emotional obstacles to recovery, her friends' and family's reactions to her injury, and the hard-won wisdom gained from learning that if you reach out your hand, someone will take it. Chronicling personal loss but also triumph—including adopting her third child—she tells a powerful story of recovery and resilience.

Midwest Book Review calls it “a standout” and says Wing's story is “ultimately about embracing life to its fullest” and “emerging stronger—and perhaps wiser.”

🔗 Request your copy on NetGalley: https://www.netgalley.com/publisher/title/857749