Author : Farzana Doctor
Publisher : Inanna Publications & Education
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Set in Toronto with back story in Mumbai, Nasreen, an Indo-Canadian lesbian and burnt-out psychologist, becomes enmeshed in the lives of Shaffiq and his wife Salma, new immigrants to Canada.
Author : James Lasdun
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,83 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0374708908
A true story of obsessive love turning to obsessive hate in the crucible of the digital age. Give Me Everything You Have chronicles author James Lasdun's strange and harrowing ordeal at the hands of a former student, a self-styled "verbal terrorist," who began trying, in her words, to "ruin him." Hate mail, online postings, and public accusations of plagiarism and sexual misconduct were her weapons of choice and, as with more conventional terrorist weapons, proved remarkably difficult to combat. James Lasdun's account, while terrifying, is told with compassion and humor, and brilliantly succeeds in turning a highly personal story into a profound meditation on subjects as varied as madness, race, Middle East politics, and the meaning of honor and reputation in the Internet age.
Author : Farzana Doctor
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 31,99 MB
Release : 2020-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1459746414
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 TRILLIUM AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE 2021 EVERGREEN AWARD • AN INDIGO BEST BOOK OF 2020 • A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST INDEPENDENT READ FOR FALL 2020 • AN APPLE BOOKS BEST BOOK OF 2020 • A CBC BOOKS BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOK OF 2020 • A NOW MAGAZINE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2020 "Be prepared for this novel to stay with you for a long time, especially its ending."—GLOBE AND MAIL "[An] extraordinary book... packed with discovery and jarring emotional arcs."—TORONTO STAR "Penetrating and subtle ... [An] immersive, absorbing portrait."—EDEN ROBINSON "Explores with courage and storytelling finesse the harsh truths within the ideals of kinship and community." —DAVID CHARIANDY "An urgent and passionate read." —VIVEK SHRAYA "Visceral and emotional... a courageous feat."—QUILL & QUIRE (starred review) A brave, soulfully written feminist novel about inheritance and resistance that tests the balance between kinship and the fight against customs that harm us. When Sharifa accompanies her husband on a marriage-saving trip to India in 2016, she thinks that she’s going to research her great-great-grandfather, a wealthy business leader and philanthropist. What captures her imagination is not his rags-to-riches story, but the mystery of his four wives, missing from the family lore. She ends up excavating much more than she had imagined. Sharifa’s trip coincides with a time of unrest within her insular and conservative religious community, and there is no escaping its politics. A group of feminists is speaking out against khatna, an age-old ritual they insist is female genital cutting. Sharifa’s two favourite cousins are on opposite sides of the debate and she seeks a middle ground. As the issue heats up, Sharifa discovers an unexpected truth and is forced to take a position.
Author : Farzana Doctor
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 2011-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1554888298
Winner of the 2012 LAMBDA Literary Award for Best Lesbian Fiction and of the 2011 Rainbow Awards Ismail Boxwala made the worst mistake of his life one summer morning twenty years ago: he forgot his baby daughter in the back seat of his car. After his daughter’s tragic death, he struggles to continue living. A divorce, years of heavy drinking, and sex with strangers only leave him more alone and isolated. But Ismail’s story begins to change after he reluctantly befriends two women: Fatima, a young queer activist kicked out of her parents’ home; and Celia, his grieving Portuguese-Canadian neighbour who lives just six metres away. A slow-simmering romance develops between Ismail and Celia. Meanwhile, dangers lead Fatima to his doorstep. Each makes complicated demands of him, ones he is uncertain he can meet.
Author : Aisha Saeed
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 10,78 MB
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0399544690
A New York Times Bestseller! Amal has big dreams, until a nightmarish encounter . . . Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies and pecking-order woes. Most troubling, though, is Amal's increasing awareness of the deadly measures the Khan family will go to in order to stay in control. It's clear that their hold over her village will never loosen as long as everyone is too afraid to challenge them--so if Amal is to have any chance of ensuring her loved ones' safety and winning back her freedom, she must find a way to work with the other servants to make it happen.
Author : Connie Rapoo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 18,75 MB
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1848882912
This edited volume discusses the discourse, experience and representation of Diaspora from a variety of cultural and disciplinary perspectives and offers new and original insight into contemporary notions of Diaspora.
Author : Farzana Doctor
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 21,43 MB
Release : 2015-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1459731832
A story about one all-inclusive resort, the ghost of an unknown father, and the tragedies we can’t forget. What’s it like when everyone’s dream vacation is your job? Ameera works at a Mexican all-inclusive resort, where every day is paradise — if “paradise” means endless paperwork, quotas to meet, and entitled tourists. But it’s not all bad: Ameera’s pastime of choice is the swingers scene, and the resort is the perfect place to hook up with like-minded couples without all the hassle of having to see them again. Despite Ameera’s best efforts to keep her sideline a secret, someone is spreading scandalous rumours about her around the resort, and her job might be at stake. Meanwhile, she’s being plagued by her other secret, the big unknown of her existence: the identity of her father and why he disappeared. Unbeknownst to Ameera, her father, Azeez, is looking for her, and they both must come to terms with the reason why he abandoned her. A moving new work from award-winning author Farzana Doctor, All Inclusive blurs the lines between the real world and paradise, and life and death, and reminds us that love is neither easily lost nor found. Now Magazine Best Author • Kobo Best Book of the Year — Canadian Favourites Category
Author : James Lasdun
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 132400195X
“Slippery, provoking and very timely.” —Wall Street Journal When an old flame accuses him of sexual assault, expat English journalist Marco Rosedale is brought rapidly to the brink of ruin. Marco confides in a close friend, the unnamed narrator, who finds himself caught between the obligations of friendship and an increasingly urgent desire to uncover the truth—until the question of his own complicity becomes impossible to avoid.
Author : Farzana Doctor
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,25 MB
Release : 2022-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781990601057
A moving collection of poetry about navigating mid-life, full of humour and wit, from acclaimed novelist Farzana Doctor This debut poetry collection from acclaimed novelist Farzana Doctor is both an intimate deep dive and a humorous glance at the tumultuous decade of her forties. Through crisp and vivid language, Doctor explores mid-life breakups and dating, female genital cutting, imprints of racism and misogyny, and the oddness of sex and love, and urges us to take a second look at the ways in which human relationships are never what we expect them to be.
Author : Irfan Fazli
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 2024-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
This is a novel on how a wife becomes an obsession for her husband despite the fact that she was not his first love and his marriage was a forced marriage. It is story that love may surrender itself to family pressures but the guilt from abandoning his first love remains hidden in the crypt of his soul to inflict emotional pain from time to time. This novel is about the powerful force of friendship between two women from two different sects and yet under the family pressures it crumples but the pain from forsaking a friend remains hidden in the crypt of her soul. It’s the story of a woman abandoned by her biological parents, brought up by adopted abusive parents, betrayed by her best friend, betrayed by her first love and forced to marry a person she didn’t like. This novel is about how fate can destroy an innocent life and destroys it beyond any redemption. It’s touching story of relationship between a mother and her adopted daughter proving feelings are a much powerful force than the blood ties. Because of the powerful capture of emotions, this novel will bring tears to flow from reading of it.
