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No Honour
No Honour | AWAIS. KHAN
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A young woman defies convention in a small Pakistani village, with devastating results for her and her family. A stunning, immense beautiful novel about courage, family and the meaning of love, when everything seems lost... In sixteen-year-old Abida's small Pakistani village, there are age-old rules to live by, and her family's honour to protect. And, yet, her spirit is defiant and she yearns to make a home with the man she loves. When the unthinkable happens, Abida faces the same fate as other young girls who have chosen unacceptable alliances - certain, public death. Fired by a fierce determination to resist everything she knows to be wrong about the society into which she was born, and aided by her devoted father, Jamil, who puts his own life on the line to help her, she escapes to Lahore and then disappears. Jamal goes to Lahore in search of Abida - a city where the prejudices that dominate their village take on a new and horrifying form - and father and daughter are caught in a world from which they may never escape. Moving from the depths of rural Pakistan, riddled with poverty and religious fervour, to the dangerous streets of over-populated Lahore, No Honour is a story of family, of the indomitable spirit of love in its many forms ... a story of courage and resilience, when all seems lost, and the inextinguishable fire that lights one young woman's battle for change.
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JillR
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This was such a sad story of Abida, who faces an honour killing because she falls pregnant before marriage. She is able to escape but then faces untold dangers in Lahore. The relationship between Abida and her father was touching and tender, and the story an important one to be heard. However, I did find some of the writing a little melodramatic and some elements of the final third implausible, but I‘m perhaps being nit picky as per.

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bekakins
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Really interesting book, makes me really sad that this is still reality for lots of women 😞 this is my book club read this month, I‘m looking forward to hearing everyone‘s thoughts at our meet tomorrow!

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squirrelbrain
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This month‘s book subscription box from #reposed. I haven‘t even heard of this book before but it sounds fascinating.

3 bookmarks, some magic gloves to make my hands look young again and some yummy-sounding sweets…. What more could a girl want?! 👍😁

Cathythoughts Lovely Helen 💫🥰 2y
Megabooks Looks wonderful! 2y
LeahBergen This all looks great! 2y
Caroline2 What an intriguing front cover too. 🤔 2y
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