“Before I got married I believed love could do anything. I learned soon enough that it couldn’t bear the weight of four years without children.
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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Why was she ashamed? Because she was supposed to be; because women, especially at her age, did not ask for these sorts of pleasures.
Chemistry by Weike Wang
She is tired of calling places like Bit Lots and Marshalls and asking if they can offer her a job. Over the phone, they can hear her accent and say that the job was recently filled.
Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik
"This is like volunteering my literary services to help people have a better understanding of the Muslim world; a bit of light relief in the fact of chronic darkness."
A Separation by Katie Kitamura
This is ultimately a psychological mystery about one of the most mysterious relationships human beings have, the decision to try and share a life with another and make it work
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
It is an epic story, not because of the geographical reach, but because every family story is epic in its own way. It is epic, not because of the backdrop or historical context, or the world around it, but because a family unit can be so far apart yet cross (metaphorical) miles to come back together. That is what makes the book both epic and universal.