From Nafisa Haji, author of the critically acclaimed novel, The Writing on My Forehead, comes The Sweetness of Tears, an emotional, deeply layered story that explores the far reaching effects of cultural prejudice, forbidden love, and hidden histories on a young woman and her family. A paperback original from a superb writer whose first novel was enthusiastically praised by Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, Haji, an American of Indo-Pakistani descent, writes with grace, heart, and wisdom about the collisions of culture and religion, tradition and modernity played out through individual lives.

Author: Nafisa Haji
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 05/17/2011
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.41w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9780061780103


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/25/2011
Library Journal 01/01/2011 pg. 60
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2011 pg. 60
Booklist 06/01/2011 pg. 38

About the Author
Haji, Nafisa: -

Nafisa Haji's first novel, The Writing on My Forehead, was a finalist for the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award. An American of Indo-Pakistani descent, she was born and raised in Los Angeles and now lives in northern California with her husband and son.