This book was impossible to put down and I found myself thinking about each of the tales, long after I finished reading them. Great job!Īll of the stories in this collection are wonderfully written and will entrance the reader. There is nothing as cruel as hope." She has taken a topic that is taboo and somehow made it relatable. scour the internet for news on ISIS, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey." "For us, she dies again and again. In the story, BORN ON THE FIRST OF JULY, parents of a Canadian born young woman are shocked when she leaves to join ISIS.
This is the mark of a truly talented writer. I am aware that the stories contained within this wonderfully written collection are fiction, but it is all too easy to see that they contain at least a degree of truth.įirst-time author TEHMINA KHAN has crafted tales that are so believable that you will find yourself wondering if some of them are actually non-fiction. The author, Tehmina Khan was too kind to me and she sent me this copy of the book all the way from Toronto, Canada. These days when our desi authors come up with promising book titles and books which turn out to be a total disaster, here comes a book by a desi writer, (residing in Toronto, Canada) with such amazing stories. That is what I feel, a sign of good writing, the author connecting the readers to the characters in the story! And this one had it all! While reading the stories, I had a soft corner for the main character and the vulnerable ones, like they are someone I care for.
Some heart warming while some evocative, agonizing, making the readers ponder over things which is often overlooked by the society and people living in it.Įach story is written profoundly well, showing maturity in the writing. Tehmina Khan, Things She Could Never Have.Īn exquisite collection of short stories, some interlinked with the other, portraying the lives of modern Pakistanis and cultural norms of society.
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