Duty Free
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Particularly when you're trying to find a girl for your dull, balding, freshly-divorced cousin and on top of that manage a house full of servants, shop for contraband Prada goods and attend parties every night.
Moni Mohsin Libri
Questa autrice approfondisce le complessità della modernità e della tradizione, esplorando i cambiamenti sociali e politici che plasmano il Pakistan contemporaneo. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da acute osservazioni sulla natura umana e dalla capacità di cogliere le sottili sfumature delle relazioni interpersonali. Attraverso la sua opera letteraria, cerca di illuminare temi di identità, sradicamento e la ricerca di significato in un mondo in continua evoluzione. La sua voce distintiva offre ai lettori approfondite intuizioni sulle esperienze di coloro che navigano agli incroci tra culture e credenze.
The Diary of a Social Butterfly
- 327pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Meet Butterfly, loveable socialite, avid party-goer, inspired shopper and unwittingly acute observer. Of course everyone thinks her life is perfect but having to contend with a conniving mother-in-law, a husband who doesn't like parties, and a circle of friends who bring new meaning to the word competitive, Butterfly thinks her life is far from enviable. And as she lurches from crisis to crisis, trailing Jimmy Choos and pearls of wisdom along the way, it seems she might have a little more on her plate than she's first realised.
The End of Innocence
- 368pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
Western Pakistan, the winter of 1971, and 9 year old Laila has a secret. Ignored by the adults around her yet desperate to know their world, Laila takes comfort in being the confidant of teenager Rani – privy to details of the older girl’s forbidden love affair. But when that affair bears unwelcome fruit, a floundering Rani leans on Laila for solace and support. Yet Laila – still a child – neither comprehends the danger nor is able to help; and thus unwittingly leads Rani towards catastrophe …