This is a strong novel that truly captured my interest. First, the setting is vivid, so well described that I felt I was really there, experiencing Pakistan through the eyes of a young wife. As for the plot, it resisted predictability and did not cave in to any "happily ever after" clichés, just...
In the book Shabanu, by Suzanne Fisher Staples, Shabanu, the younger of two, lives with her father, mother, sister, grandfather, and cousins in a small town in Pakistan. In this small town, Shabanu and her family heard cattle. In this story, Shabanu addresses her relationship with her sister, Phu...
It has been ten years since Shabanu staged her death to secure the safety of her daughter, Mumtaz, from her husband's murderous brother. Mumtaz has been raised by her father's family with the education and security her mother desired for her, but with little understanding and love. Only her Ameri...
Such places it passes through! We follow the glistening ribbons for several hours. My heart quickens as we turn off the main road, and ahead the fairground is engulfed in a swirl of dust. I sit up high on Guluband’s hump to watch people of all kinds: tribesmen wearing the striped turbans of the M...