Few Pakistani Female writers can pen down thoughts with the lucidity and wit like Dr Fawzia Afzal Khan. a much needed memoir , for we must encourage readers and writers alike to render words to their history , culture and life because we are unique in our State and status. I have my reservations about certain beliefs as presented in the text but on a literary scale I surely enjoyed every but of this read
This book has been pulled by Syracuse University Press due to a frivolous defamation lawsuit. It's a shame that chilling effects work against institutions that are supposed to be safe havens for brave, risk-taking work. Afzal-Khan is a lot of fun on the page, and her stream-of-consciousness style that sits somewhere between the school girl she was in Pakistan and the expat scholar she is now allows her to pull off some pretty marvelous tricks of storytelling.