Mij Tanith
when we were new
such formal words
in your email
please, you wrote
for myself and my daughters
can I call you Mum
like our friend Mr Friday?
In January 2023, an Afghan man – a long-term refugee living in Australia – walks into the home of two older women in Adelaide. What begins as a simple request for help evolves into a year-long journey of connection, resilience, and unexpected friendship. Through the story of Laila, a single mother with five daughters, and her growing relationship with the author, this work explores the power of human connection across seemingly insurmountable divides of language, culture, age, sexuality, and faith. Laila and her daughters now reside in Australia.
3 MARCH 2026 | ISBN 9781922964328 | Paperback | 152 mm x 229mm | 104 pages
Mij Tanith
when we were new
such formal words
in your email
please, you wrote
for myself and my daughters
can I call you Mum
like our friend Mr Friday?
In January 2023, an Afghan man – a long-term refugee living in Australia – walks into the home of two older women in Adelaide. What begins as a simple request for help evolves into a year-long journey of connection, resilience, and unexpected friendship. Through the story of Laila, a single mother with five daughters, and her growing relationship with the author, this work explores the power of human connection across seemingly insurmountable divides of language, culture, age, sexuality, and faith. Laila and her daughters now reside in Australia.
3 MARCH 2026 | ISBN 9781922964328 | Paperback | 152 mm x 229mm | 104 pages
