Her grandmother actually did hide the weapons at the house and was confronted by the Pakistani army at gunpoint as they were looking for her son. I happened to hear the author on NPR noting that the main character, Rehama, was based on her own grandmother's experience and that one of the other main characters was her uncle. Emotionally, however, the simple prose builds gradually to a dramatic and poignant tension, necessitating the need to finish the book in the wee hours of the night.Īfter finishing the novel. This omission was an annoying distraction from the total experience. In the beginning, I was frustrated that there was not a glossary for many of the Urdu words and expressions.
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