A review by maigahannatu
The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji

4.0

Saira is an American of Indo-Pakistani descent. This story is one of a third-culture kid, living between two cultures and the tensions that can cause. It is also a story of family secrets many of which come to light while Saira is growing up. I thought this was a good book. I appreciated that even though some of the family secrets dealt with infidelity, there were no steamy bedroom scenes. The story was told with sufficient details and I felt was more powerful than adding in details we didn't need to know. I thought parts of the story were fairly predictable, but other than that it was well written. It does include some language that some might find offensive.