After an arranged marriage to Chanu, a man twenty years older, Nazneen is taken to London, leaving her home and heart in the Bangladeshi village where she was born. Her new world is full of mysteries.…
At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful encounter…
كانت تلك أوّل مرة يبدو فيها بكرُها هشًّا وضئيلًا وموشكًا على البكاء. ألا يقول الحقيقة هذه المرة؟ حقيقة أنها أحبّته «على طريقتها الجاسوسية الشاذة» وليس كما يحتاج؟ ولكن بأيّ شيء تفيدُ تلك القوائم اللانه…
An eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life. Her determination to fly in the face of convention – including striking …
Mahmoud's passion for his wife Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she's ever known. But their happy, middle-class world—a life of education, work, and comfort—implodes when their count…
For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours bringing details of the civil war that has overwhelmed the stre…
Annie John is a haunting and provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua. A classic coming-of-age story in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye and A Portrait of the Artis…
A charming NYC romance by co-host of the Woke Desi, for fans of: • multicultural connections • strong friendships and families • a “will they/won’t they” story with powerful stakes • the city that never…
