As their figures recede, it strikes Filsan as ironic that they had delayed fleeing so they could take as many of their p — Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of Lost Souls
As their figures recede, it strikes Filsan as ironic that they had delayed fleeing so they could take as many of their p — Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of Lost Souls
As their figures recede, it strikes Filsan as ironic that they had delayed fleeing so they could take as many of their p — Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of Lost Souls
As their figures recede, it strikes Filsan as ironic that they had delayed fleeing so they could take as many of their p — Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of Lost Souls
As their figures recede, it strikes Filsan as ironic that they had delayed fleeing so they could take as many of their p — Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of Lost Souls
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As their figures recede, it strikes Filsan as ironic that they had delayed fleeing so they could take as many of their possessions as possible, but now those very possessions prevent their flight.

— Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of Lost Souls
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