One of Maria Chaudhuri's early memories growing up in Dhaka was planning to run away with her friend Nadia. Home was not an especially unhappy place, but in Maria's family, joy was ephemeral. With a mother who yearned for the mountains and a charismatic but distant father, they struggled to hold on to happiness. Maria's journey takes her from a conflict between her faith and her family to the complexities of her experiences in college.
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A bright new voice from Bangladesh, in the literary tradition of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Burnt Shadows, explores the journey of finding home and self. Maria Chaudhuri's life unfolds between the vibrancy of Dhaka and the challenges of New England.
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