This beautiful novel tells us the story of a battle fought by an Arab girl to discover herself and liberate herself from tradition. Leila Slimani has succeeded in creating a wonderful world that we will never forget, and that will always inspire us — Alaa Al Aswany

A satisfying, life-affirming end to Slimani’s deeply personal literary project ― Marie Claire

Leïla Slimani is one of our best writers, a master stylist and an exquisite storyteller. I read anything she writes. — Rabih Alameddine

Slimani is especially good on the doubleness of freedom: Paris is not simply liberation, Casablanca not simply imprisonment. I’ll Take the Fire closes the trilogy with intelligence and emotional seriousness. What remains in the end is not resolution but transmission: a daughter carrying forward the family fire, still dangerous, still alive ― Irish Independent

A joyful celebration of family and home . . . All Slimani’s characters shine, but her women are especially radiant — Kirkus Reviews

For the half week I spent in its pages, this book set fire to my days. Propulsive and fearless, Leila Slimani’s novel renders coming of age-social, sexual, artistic-with uncommon command and passion. Slimani’s courage, her vulnerability, her virtuosity left me inspired. I won’t be surprised if this book finds readers for generations to come — Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Homeland Elegies and The Radiance

The third book in Slimani’s acclaimed Moroccan trilogy, an addictive family saga in which three generations of women navigate the day-to-day frustrations of love and life within the constraints of a deeply patriarchal culture . . . I’ll Take the Fire is a fine standalone novel that touches your heart even more deeply if you’ve followed the family’s story from the beginning. As a whole, the trilogy gives a remarkable personal insight into decades of political struggle in this beautiful and extraordinary country ― Country & Townhouse