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In Exile
Rupture, Reunion, and My Grandmother’s Secret Life
by Sadiya Ansari
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Pub Date Aug 13 2024 | Archive Date Aug 01 2024
House of Anansi Press Inc. | House of Anansi Press
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Description
In a deeply personal investigation, award-winning journalist Sadiya Ansari takes us across three continents and back a century as she seeks the truth behind a family secret. Why did her grandmother Tahira abandon her seven children to follow a man from Karachi to a tiny village in Punjab? And though she eventually left him, Tahira remained estranged from her children for nearly two decades. Who was she in those years when she was no longer a wife or mother? For Sadiya herself, uninterested in marriage and children, the question begets another: What space is available to women who defy cultural expectations?
Through her inquiry, Sadiya discovers what her daadi's life was like during that separation and she confronts difficult historical truths: the pervasiveness of child marriage, how Partition made refugees of millions of families like hers, and how the national freedoms achieved in 1947 did not extend to women’s lives. She sees the threads of this history woven through each generation after, and finds an unexpected sense of belonging in a culture that, at first blush, shuns women for wanting lives of their own.
Advance Praise
"[A] triumphant debut … insightful, surprising, and beautifully written." — Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW ⭐
"Filled with vulnerability and revelation, this book explores what unexpected flowers may bloom from even the most tangled family roots." —Anuja Varghese, author of the Governor General’s Literary Award–winning Chrysalis 💛
"A searing, gorgeous read." — Jen Sookfong Lee, author of Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart 💛
"In Exile is a study in making choices that reverberate across generations." —Samra Habib, author of We Have Always Been Here 💛
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781487012373 |
PRICE | $18.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 232 |