“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. But Naila’s vacation turns into a nightmare when she learns that plans have changed-her parents have found her a husband and they want her to marry him, now! Despite her greatest efforts, Naila is aghast to find herself cut off from everything and everyone she once knew. Convinced she has forgotten who she truly is, they travel to Pakistan to visit relatives and explore their roots. When Naila breaks their rule by falling in love with Saif, her parents are livid.
And until then, dating-even friendship with a boy-is forbidden.
Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: She may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up-but they will choose her husband. Has Naila’s fate been written in the stars? Or can she still make her own destiny? This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Saeed has given a novel that is both entertaining and important.”-Matt de la Peña, New York Times bestselling author if he can find her before it’s too late."A wonderfully complex love story unlike any you’ve read before. Has Naila’s fate been written in the stars? Or can she still make her own destiny? Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: She may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up-but they will choose her husband.
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