This book is mainly about women empowerment and overcoming cultural differences and restrictions for women in the work place, especially women of colour in high powered roles.
The scene is set in Karachi 1989, two girls fourteen year old girls Maryam and Zahra are just discovering their places in the world and what is to be expected of them when they grow up. Both girls believe their friendship will stand the test of time, which is most ways is very true. Little do they know that with the death of the current male government official and the new female leader appointed, also their one night of throwing all rules out of the window, would change their paths of destiny forever. Maryam is set to inherit the family leather company but her actions of late of lead her grandfather to question her responsibility. Zahra believes that there is more to the world than Karachi leads you to believe and wants to grasp it with both hands and not look back.
I would call this an average read, too political for me but definitely bigs up women empowerment.
The scene is set in Karachi 1989, two girls fourteen year old girls Maryam and Zahra are just discovering their places in the world and what is to be expected of them when they grow up. Both girls believe their friendship will stand the test of time, which is most ways is very true. Little do they know that with the death of the current male government official and the new female leader appointed, also their one night of throwing all rules out of the window, would change their paths of destiny forever. Maryam is set to inherit the family leather company but her actions of late of lead her grandfather to question her responsibility. Zahra believes that there is more to the world than Karachi leads you to believe and wants to grasp it with both hands and not look back.
I would call this an average read, too political for me but definitely bigs up women empowerment.