false 4494257 6 <p> From childhood, willful, intelligent Saira Qader broke the boundaries between her family's traditions and her desire for independence. A free-spirited and rebellious Muslim-American of Indo-Pakistani descent, she rejected the constricting notions of family, duty, obligation, and fate, choosing instead to become a journalist, the world her home. </p> <p> Five years later, tragedy strikes, throwing Saira's life into turmoil. Now the woman who chased the world to uncover the details of other lives must confront the truths of her own. In need of understanding, she looks to the stories of those who came before—her grandparents, a beloved aunt, her mother and father. As Saira discovers the hope, pain, joy, and passion that defined their lives, she begins to face what she never wanted to admit—that choice is not always our own, and that faith is not just an intellectual preference. </p> 4542967 1 3 2009 The Writing on My Forehead: A Novel total:140|5:21|4:71|3:43|2:4|1:1| 140 527 374 56 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 4 1 false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 03:23:57 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 03:24:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 4 1 false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 18:54:17 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 21:07:54 -0700 2009
I found this book both entertaining and thought provoking. In one sense, this is the story of Saira and her sister. It...more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 5 0 false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 18:24:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:29:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 5 0 false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:47:25 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 06:41:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 5 0 false Fri Jun 26 04:25:29 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 04:33:46 -0700 2009
In between paans...more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 11:54:23 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:00:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 3 0 false Sat Nov 28 16:37:53 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 21:29:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu May 14 10:49:31 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 10:54:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6383333 006177118X 9780061771187 3 1 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6383333-the-writing-on-my-forehead 4 0 true Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 09:08:20 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 22:13:19 -0700 2009 The Writing On My Forehead nearly broke my heart. And the scene that did it wasn't anything remarkable: it was when Saira decides to lie to her mother about playing Rizzo in her school's production of Grease. Prior to that, although I was enjoying the b...more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 4 0 true Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 03 16:29:47 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 06 09:42:55 -0700 2009
I was happy to see that I won this book. It took me a little time to get around to reading it though. When I first heard it was a book about an Indo/Pakistani female I was a little reluctant to read it, since I have recently read so many ...more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 5 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 22:48:16 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 22:48:42 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 4 0 false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 08:08:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 08:12:17 -0700 2009 she finds many secrets within her family as she starts to dig. I am 3/4 of the way through this book - I feel empathy for Saira, and the writing is nice...more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 3 1 false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 12:39:23 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 15:53:02 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 15:36:42 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 15:47:22 -0700 2009
The story centers around and Indo-Pakistani family and their youngest daughter. It is a story about the relationship between sisters, mothers and daughters, the struggle to define yourself in terms of who you are and who you are expected to be, ...more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 4 0 false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 18:34:08 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 18:38:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 3 1 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:42:43 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 02 05:59:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 25 08:15:42 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 08:21:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed Jun 03 05:12:08 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 10:47:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 05:12:08 -0700 2009
A few times the author seemed to employ didactics but the story carried me over and through those moments int...more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 4 0 false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:18:32 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:23:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4494257 0061493856 9780061493850 137 55 3.76 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4494257.The_Writing_on_My_Forehead_A_Novel 3 0 false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 12:51:04 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 13:05:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4494257