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I love Shamim Sarif's writing style. The story is set in South Africa during the Apartheid (segragation) 1952. Marim is a housewife who has recently left a "city" area and moved to a lonely farm area. Her husband has opened a shop there, which Marim helps. She is the mother of 3 children and looking for something to full-fill her days, but she doesn't realize what she is missing until she meets Amina. Amina is a fiercly independent woman who is running a restaurant w ...more
I love Shamim Sarif's writing style. The story is set in South Africa during the Apartheid (segragation) 1952. Marim is a housewife who has recently left a "city" area and moved to a lonely farm area. Her husband has opened a shop there, which Marim helps. She is the mother of 3 children and looking for something to full-fill her days, but she doesn't realize what she is missing until she meets Amina. Amina is a fiercly independent woman who is running a restaurant w ...more
‘You’ve already done more than enough. I don’t want to put you at risk any longer’
British author Shamim Sarif is also a film director and screenwriter and speaker – she has spoken at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) events worldwide, at the INK (platform for the exchange of cutting-edge ideas and inspiring stories) Conference in India and DLD (Digital Life Design) in Munich. Her corporate speaking events have included Deloitte, Goldman Sachs and Citibank in London and Viacom in New York. ...more
British author Shamim Sarif is also a film director and screenwriter and speaker – she has spoken at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) events worldwide, at the INK (platform for the exchange of cutting-edge ideas and inspiring stories) Conference in India and DLD (Digital Life Design) in Munich. Her corporate speaking events have included Deloitte, Goldman Sachs and Citibank in London and Viacom in New York. ...more
This book was an enjoyable read. One of those fabulous stories that can relay the difficulty of being a woman and a lesbian, especially in cultures where women are less than men.
The narration is a little confusing at first - while the author goes back and forth between characters the voice never really changes and so I had to do more work as a reader to know who she was talking about.
The narration is a little confusing at first - while the author goes back and forth between characters the voice never really changes and so I had to do more work as a reader to know who she was talking about.
Honestly I didn’t like it very much. The first part is tedious. If you don’t know the indian culture it’s difficult to follow all those names and characters. The second half of the book is more fluid and finally gets some speed, maybe too much. The relationship between Miriam and Amina happens to quickly and it’s not deeply explored. The end is abrupt. It could be better and i expected more
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