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1) Haveli
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Shabanu, daughter of the windswept Cholistan Desert, is the youngest of Rahim's four wives. Rahim adores her, but neither Shabanu nor her young daughter, Mumtaz, is safe from the cruelty of his jealous older wives. Shabanu flees to the haveli, Rahim's old family home in the city. But there she faces danger of another sort. She falls totally in love with a man whose life is ruled by the very traditions that make their union impossible"--Publisher....
Author
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Mumtaz, daughter of Shabanu, has lived with her father's traditional Muslim family for ten years, enduring the scorn of her auntie Leyla day in and day out. Her only protectors are her uncle Omar and Baba, patriarch of the Amirzai tribe, but even they would disown her if they knew she had a crush on a Hindu boy. The only person Mumtaz can confide in is her cousin Jameel. Unfortunately, Jameel lives with his parents in California and he's been out...
Author
Language
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Description
When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her fathers wishes.
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