
A Sister to Honor
By
Lucy Ferriss
Read by
Mozhan Marnò
Release:
02/13/2015
Release:
05/23/2015
Runtime:
12h 39m
Runtime:
12h 39m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“Ferriss’s…latest novel addresses conservative Pakistani values and the immigrant experience and explores the many meanings of honor…This stirring novel explores the psychology of honor killings and Pakistani family life. The swift-moving narrative traverses very different worlds, creating an exquisite tension that lasts well after the novel is over.”
Library Journal
Afia Satar is studious, modest, and devout. The young daughter of a landholding family in northern Pakistan, Afia has enrolled in an American college with the dream of returning to her country as a doctor. But when a photo surfaces online of Afia holding hands with an American boy, she is suddenly no longer safe-even from the family that cherishes her. Rising sports star Shahid Satar has been entrusted by his family to watch over Afia in this strange New England landscape. He has sworn to protect his beloved sister from the dangerous customs of America, from its loose morals and easy virtue. Shahid was the one who convinced their parents to allow her to come to the United States. He never imagined he'd be ordered to cleanse the stain of her shame...
Release:
2015-02-13
2015-05-23
Runtime:
Runtime:
12h 39m
12h 39m
Format:
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.98 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781490656335
9781664437890
Publisher:
Recorded Books, Inc.
Recorded Books, Inc.
Praise
