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Brooklyn author Hane Selmani has launched her official website and opened pre-orders for her debut memoir, A Country Called Brooklyn, releasing May 1, 2026.
The book reexamines the 1981 murder of her sister in Brooklyn — a case that exposed the intersection of heroin addiction, cultural honor codes, and silence within an immigrant community.
Drawing from court transcripts, interviews, and decades of investigation, Selmani reconstructs the hours leading up to the killing and examines how addiction, rumor, and patriarchal codes shaped the narrative.
Early reviews from Kirkus, Clarion, BookLife, and IndieReader have praised the memoir’s emotional depth and cultural insight.