These stories reveal the many sides of war, drawing attention to its unrelenting toll, while also illuminating a quiet dignity that persists in moments of compassion and resilience. An essential collection that reminds us of an enduring hope in our humanity. -- Guy Gunaratne, author of IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY and MISTER, MISTER

Superb. An incandescent, charged and propulsive work. I inhaled this collection. It's a testament to Sunny Singh's considerable talents as a writer -- Irenosen Okojie, author of NUDI BRANCH

In terrible times, our storytellers need to be tender and steely; Singh is this kind of writer, a necessary interlocutor between evil and possibility. We must read stories just like this in these times: small, beautiful, tough ways to remember love despite the wickedness. Sunny Singh shows us awful and beautiful realities with an uncompromisingly steely eye: there are terrible things here, necessary truths and unremitting heart. -- Leone Ross, author of THIS ONE SKY DAY

In every story here Sunny Singh crafts a distinctive woman's voice, an unforgettable atmosphere, revealing wars' myriad rhythms, unpredictable turns. Reading these remarkable stories reminds me to stay ready to be surprised when trying to grasp how any girl, any woman, anywhere makes sense of her own war. -- Cynthia Enloe, author of TWELVE FEMINIST LESSONS OF WAR

Refuge is a beautiful, urgent collection: here are cross generational voices mapped across diverse territories steeped in resilience, quiet suffering, longing and love. Essential to our understanding of the courage and hearts of victims and survivors in the most brutal of circumstances, Singh's prose pulses with grace. A must read for our time.' -- Elaine Canning, author and Director of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize