Stylist has teamed up with Bloomsbury Publishing to celebrate the publication of Best of Friends by giving one lucky reader and their best friend the chance to celebrate with a day of pampering and luxury.

Winner of the Women’s Prize with her previous novel Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie is back with Best of Friends, a dazzling story of friendship and identity that follows best friends, Maryam and Zahra.

Despite their different backgrounds, fourteen-year-old Maryam and Zahra have always been the best of friends. Maryam takes for granted that she will stay in Karachi and inherit the family business; while Zahra keeps her desires secret, and dreams of escaping abroad.

This year, 1988, anything seems possible for the girls, and for Pakistan, but then a snap decision at a party brings the girls’ childhoods abruptly to an end. Its consequences will shape their futures in ways they cannot imagine.

Three decades later, in London, Zahra and Maryam are still best friends despite living very different lives. But when unwelcome ghosts from their shared past re-enter their world, both women find themselves driven to act in ways that will stretch and twist their bond beyond all recognition.

A story that will stay with you well beyond the final pages, Best of Friends is a 2022 must-read.

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UK18+ only. Normal exclusions apply. Opens: 03/10/22. Closes: 17/10/22 at 23:59. x1 prize winner will receive 1 x Premium Spa Day with up to One Hour of Treatments, Lunch or Afternoon Tea for Two from Buyagift. One entry per person. Winners randomly selected and notified by email within 14 days of the closing date. Full terms and conditions upon entry. Promoter: The Stylist Group. Supplier: Bloomsbury Publishing.