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A review by mehvie
The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji
3.0
An interesting take on Indo-Pak cultures,families and values.
Lost in the midst of tradition and values, Saira an American by passport but brought up with values and beliefs from back home is in search of her roots. Her search takes her through various stories of her family members during and after the split.
In my opinion I felt this book showed how people in the Indo-Pak region mix and give greater value to tradition rather religion. On the whole it was a good book but my only complaint for this book is that the author fails to indicate which time/ tense she's talking about as she skips between time periods. Also, sometimes it gets confusing on who's talking/ narrating the story.
Even though I liked the book , there were many aspects of the book which contradicted with my beliefs of certain ideas which were mentioned in the book.
The best part of the book were the twists toward the end.
This story reminded me of my own family and how me being a third culture kid has affected my idea of what my traditions are.
Lost in the midst of tradition and values, Saira an American by passport but brought up with values and beliefs from back home is in search of her roots. Her search takes her through various stories of her family members during and after the split.
In my opinion I felt this book showed how people in the Indo-Pak region mix and give greater value to tradition rather religion. On the whole it was a good book but my only complaint for this book is that the author fails to indicate which time/ tense she's talking about as she skips between time periods. Also, sometimes it gets confusing on who's talking/ narrating the story.
Even though I liked the book , there were many aspects of the book which contradicted with my beliefs of certain ideas which were mentioned in the book.
The best part of the book were the twists toward the end.
This story reminded me of my own family and how me being a third culture kid has affected my idea of what my traditions are.