Stirring, haunting, and ultimately hopeful." - Booklist
"Naila's harrowing story is compellingly told. Yet the setting is pure Pakistani, with culturally rich descriptions of Naila's extended family, their cuisine, and strongly held beliefs. Resonates in its explanations of the rituals, especially how they would look and feel from an American point of view. Saeed includes resources for those who, like Saif's family, wish to help real-life Nailas, in this wrenching but hopeful story."- Publishers Weekly "Movingly conveys the intense cultural pressure that motivates Naila's parents and the heartbreaking betrayal Naila feels as she is deprived of her rights, cut off from the outside world, and threatened with shame and death.
Sheds light on the difficult phenomenon of forced marriage, still prevalent in many cultures around the world and often shrouded in silence."- Kirkus Reviews "Readers will be drawn into Naila's trials and tribulations as she navigates the reality of her new life in Pakistan and explores what inner resources she needs to change her fate.
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