Dia Mansoor lives a luxurious life in Pakistan. Without silk her
family would be poor, but without silk her father would still be
alive. Riffat, her mother, has plunged herself into the business to
try and forget that she never loved her husband, but Dia cannot
forget her father. His death at the hands of terrorists haunted her
teenage years and has made her wary of love. She cannot understand
why her best friend, Nini, should be so keen to have a marriage
arranged for her. Daanish is studying journalism in America, a
country on the verge of war against Iraq. Although he always
believed America was a land of freedom, of free opinions and free
speech, he is finding to his cost that that freedom is not
absolute. The colour of his skin, his religion and his homeland
mean that his presence is regarded with caution, verging on
outright hostility, and even his tutors treat him warily. Daanish
returns to Karachi on the death of his father, only to discover
that his mother is arranging an engagement for him to Nini. Then he
meets Dia and they fall in love. Their secret meetings escalate
into a passionate love affair, the ramifications of which will
resonate through the rest of their lives and open the doors to all
the secrets their families have tried so hard to hide. This novel
is as finely woven as the silken cloths at its heart. Each delicate
strand is represented by one character, one voice, each with their
own part of the story to tell. Only when all the voices - strands -
come together can the reader see the true pattern. This is an
inspiring story about the search for personal freedom and the
boundaries society build around us. (Kirkus UK)
A world-class tale of love and deceit, rivalry and destiny ifrom
the Lahore-based writer Uzma Aslam Khan. 'Standing in a room with
eight thousand tiny creatures, witnessing them perform a dance that
few humans even knew occurred; this was life. Everywhere she
looked, each caterpillar nosed the air like a wand and out passed
silk... When Dia watched one spin, she came closer to understanding
the will of God than at any other time. 'Dia is the daughter of a
silk farmer, Riffat -- an innovative, decisive businesswoman. Like
her mother, Dia seems at first sight unrestricted, spirited and
resourceful. She seems free. But freedom has its own borders,
patrolled by the covetous and the zealous, and there are those who
yearn to jump the fence. Daanish has come back to Karachi for his
father's funeral, all the way from America, a land where there are
plenty of rules but few restrictions. When Dia and Daanish meet,
they chafe against all the formalities. It is left to a handful of
silkworms, slipped inside a friend's dupatta, tickling skin, to
rupture the fragile peace of both their houses -- to make the space
in which Dia and Daanish can create something together...
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