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Afia Satar is studious, modest, and devout. The young daughter of a landholding family in northern Pakistan, Afia has enrolled in an American college with the dream of returning to her country as a doctor. But when a photo surfaces online of Afia holding hands with an American boy, she is suddenly no longer safe-even from the family that cherishes her. Rising sports star Shahid Satar has been entrusted by his family to watch over Afia in this strange New England landscape. He has sworn to protect his beloved sister from the dangerous customs of America, from its loose morals and easy virtue. Shahid was the one who convinced their parents to allow her to come to the United States. He never imagined he'd be ordered to cleanse the stain of her shame...
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""Loose morals and easy virtue." Shouldnt it be "Easy morals and loose virtue'? Or, how about we just stay home and defend her 'Loose morals and easy virtues" over there? What is a chaddored GIRL holding hands with a stranger anyway? Why is a strange man so willing to protect her? We sometimes have loose women. That is because we have choices. You have to kiss about a hundred frogs before you find a prince. And, now we are almost all dead because of you and people like you from over there, and if we wanted to to that it's too late. It was too late several presidents ago with your slow poisonous invasion of OUR home. The home of the free and the brave. I am. Sincerely, I AM."
— Mary Shelley (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Ferriss’s…latest novel addresses conservative Pakistani values and the immigrant experience and explores the many meanings of honor…This stirring novel explores the psychology of honor killings and Pakistani family life. The swift-moving narrative traverses very different worlds, creating an exquisite tension that lasts well after the novel is over.”
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“Honor is the heartbeat of this novel as the Satar family grapples with their responsibilities and expectations…Afia and Shahid’s painful struggle is intricately crafted, and the cultural nuances are evocatively depicted in this thought-proving novel.”
— Publishers Weekly
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About Lucy Ferriss
Lucy Ferriss has been writing fiction, poetry, and literary criticism for many years. In addition to six previous novels—including The Lost Daughter—and a collection of short fiction, she has also published a work of literary criticism and dozens of short stories, poems, articles, essays, and book reviews. She currently teaches at Trinity College and lives in Connecticut and the Massachusetts Berkshires.
About Mozhan Marnò
Mozhan Marnò is an Iranian American film and television actress, most notably appearing in Charlie Wilson’s War and Bones. Her audiobook narrations have won several AudioFile Earphones Awards.