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A stunningly accomplished debut and already an international sensation--the story of one outsider's quest to find her voice. What could not be changed must be borne. And since nothing could be changed, everything had to be borne. This principle ruled her life. I
Reissue with PB edition. This exciting and deeply moving debut novel follows the tumultuous life of Nazneen from her birth in a Bangladeshi village hut, to her arranged marriage to Chanu and the subsequent move to London's Tower Hamlets. ... from the British cd-audio edition
Still a teenager Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage to a man twenty years older. Moved away from her childhood village, Nazneen is moved to London, not knowing a word of english and confined to her flat. This title exlpores the role of fate in our lives and traces the transformation of an Asian girl. ... from the British paperback edition
After an arranged marriage to a man twenty years her elder Nazneen exchanges her Bangladeshi village home for a block of flats in London's East End. In this new world, where poor people can be fat and even dogs go on diets, she struggles to make sense of her existence - and to do her duty to her husband. ... from the British paperback edition
Ali's gorgeous first novel tells the deeply moving story of one woman, Nazneen, born in a Bangladeshi village and transported to London at age 18 to enter into an arranged marriage. She has written a stunningly accomplished debut about one outsider's quest to find her voice. ... from the American trade paper edition
Set in the gritty Tower Hamlets area of East London, Brick Lane is the story of Nazneen, an Asian immigrant girl and how she deals with issues of love, cultural differences and the human spirit. Nazneen is forced into an arranged marriage with a much older man whose expectations of life are miserably low. When they flee the oppression of their Bangladeshi village for a high-rise block in the East End, she finds herself cloistered and dependent on her husband. It soon becomes apparent that of the two, she is the real survivor and more able to deal with the ways of the world and the vagaries of human behavior. Through her friendship with another Asian girl, she begins to understand the unsettling ways of her new homeland. ... from the American no binding specified edition
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 The Honey Gatherers
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The classic groupie memoir involves a rebellious rich kid from the suburbs who gets caught up in a world of sex, drugs and rock and roll and lives to tell the tale. Mimlu Sen fits the wealthy and rebellious stereotype, and her story certainly... [ Read full review ] |
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