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D.A. Lee

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in Sylhet, Bangladesh

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D.A. Lee is a Bangladeshi-born British author, artist and poet, best known for her novel 'Written' published in 2019. Raised in a small town in Lancashire, England, Lee describes the cultural challenges of growing up in a Bengali household whilst navigating a western world.

Lee's novel, whilst fictional, draws on many of her own experiences of growing up in a Muslim family and explores the underworld of cultural expectations, arranged marriages, honour, abuse and domestic violence that often limit women's choices.

Lee first started writing as a form of self-healing through the challenges of home life. The word 'Written' had become a poignant theme throughout the book, a word often expressed culturally to describe the notion of determinism an ...more

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	Written: A Story of Love, Secrets, Betrayal and Honour 4.47 avg rating — 622 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nelson Mechanics 1 for Cambridge International A Level: Print & Online Student Book Pack by Linda Bostock, Sue Chandler, D.A. Lee (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE COLORIMETRIC METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF MICROGRAM QUANTITIES OF URANIUM 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masters of Time:: The Time Stands Still Chronicles (Volume 2) by D. A Lee (2014-02-07) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Theory of Incomplete Cylindrical Functions and their Applications by Matest M. Agrest, Michail S. Maksimov, Henry Eason Fettis (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Theory of Incomplete Cylindrical Functions and their Applications (Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften Book 160) by Matest M. Agrest, Michail S. Maksimov, Henry Eason Fettis (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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