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(0)Fatima Farheen Mirza
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story of family identity and belonging follows an Indian family through the marriage of their daughter, from the parents' arrival in the United States to the return of their estranged son.
As an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla must reckon with the choices their children have made. There is Hadia: their headstrong, eldest daughter, whose marriage is a match of love and not tradition. Huda, the middle child,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
655 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Place for Us unfolds the lives of an Indian-American Muslim family, gathered together in their Californian hometown to celebrate the eldest daughter, Hadia's, wedding - a match of love rather than tradition. It is here, on this momentous day, that Amar, the youngest of the siblings, reunites with his family for the first time in three years. Rafiq and Layla must now contend with the choices and betrayals that lead to their son's estrangement -...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (630 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. + 1 set of earphones and 1 AAA battery.
Language
English
Description
Presents essays by first- and second-generation immigrant writers on the realities of immigration, multiculturalism, and marginalization in an increasingly divided America.