A free-spirited and rebellious Muslim-American of Indo-Pakistani descent, willful, intelligent Saira Qader rejected the constricting notions of family, duty, obligation, and fate, choosing instead to become a journalist, making the world her home. But when tragedy strikes, throwing Saira's life into turmoil, the woman who circled the globe to uncover the details of other lives must confront the truths of her own. In need of understanding, she looks to the stories of those who came before—her grandparents, a beloved aunt, her mother and father. As Saira discovers the hope, pain, joy, and passion that defined their lives, she begins to face what she never wanted to admit: that choice is not always our own, and that faith is not merely an intellectual preference.

The Writing on My Forehead

Nafisa Haji

William Morrow Company

Writing On My Forehead

Free-spirited and rebellious, Saira has grown up in California with her beautiful, obedient sister Ameena. From childhood, she has broken the boundaries between her desire for independence and her family's traditions - in particular, her Bombay-bred mother's idea of how girls should behave. Now, hungry for experience and curious about the world, Saira travels to Karachi for a wedding, and stumbles on family secrets that will shape the rest of her life. It's the beginning of a journey of understanding and reconciliation that goes back three generations. Further surprises are to come as Saira visits London and discovers the political forces that have driven her father's family, in India and in England. As her background gradually reveals itself, Saira finds that the battles she faces - over love, belonging and fulfillment - have faced others before, and comes to realize that her many-layered inheritance is a thing to be treasured. In a beautifully written and deeply moving narrative, Nafisa Haji explores issues of displacement and belonging and the lure of family, home and tradition versus career and the excitement of the wider world - for men as well as women.

Writing on My Forehead

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Hutchinson Radius

United States

Arrow

<p>Saira Qader es la hija rebelde de una pareja de indo-paquistaníes musulmanes que viven en Los Ángeles. Al contrario que su hermana Amina, fiel al entorno tradicional en el que ha crecido, Saira, periodista vocacional, lucha por preservar su independencia y hallar un equilibrio entre su voluntad y la de sus progenitores. A medida que narra su propia historia, Saira revela historias de su familia, como la de la infidelidad escandalosa de su abuelo, la participación de éste en la lucha por la independencia de India, o las vivencias de su tía abuela, profesora de inglés en Pakistán. Descubre así los avatares de una familia dividida tanto por los acontecimientos históricos como por los secretos y mentiras de sus miembros. Su mano sobre mi frente narra el fascinante viaje hacia el pasado de Saira y su proceso de reconciliación con la vida.</p>

SU MANO SOBRE MI FRENTE

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