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"A wonderfully complex love story unlike any you’ve read before. Saeed has given a novel that is both entertaining and important.”—Matt de la Peña, New York Times bestselling author
This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Naila’s fate been written in the stars? Or can she still make her own destiny?
Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: She may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up—but they will choose her husband. Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. And until then, dating—even friendship with a boy—is forbidden. When Naila breaks their rule by falling in love with Saif, her parents are livid. Convinced she has forgotten who she truly is, they travel to Pakistan to visit relatives and explore their roots. But Naila’s vacation turns into a nightmare when she learns that plans have changed—her parents have found her a husband and they want her to marry him, now! Despite her greatest efforts, Naila is aghast to find herself cut off from everything and everyone she once knew. Her only hope of escape is Saif . . . if he can find her before it’s too late.
This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Naila’s fate been written in the stars? Or can she still make her own destiny?
Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: She may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up—but they will choose her husband. Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. And until then, dating—even friendship with a boy—is forbidden. When Naila breaks their rule by falling in love with Saif, her parents are livid. Convinced she has forgotten who she truly is, they travel to Pakistan to visit relatives and explore their roots. But Naila’s vacation turns into a nightmare when she learns that plans have changed—her parents have found her a husband and they want her to marry him, now! Despite her greatest efforts, Naila is aghast to find herself cut off from everything and everyone she once knew. Her only hope of escape is Saif . . . if he can find her before it’s too late.
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“I love this absolutely.
I am so happy that Naila and Saif get their life back together.”
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Written in the Stars is rated 4.5 stars.
I first learned about this book, when I saw a picture of it together of my anticipated books (it is either https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20560137.An_Ember_in_the_Ashes__An_Ember_in_the_Ashes___1_ , https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18798983.The_Wrath_and_the_Dawn__The_Wrath_and_the_Dawn___1_ , or https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23846013.The_Rose_Society__The_Young_Elites___2_ ).
This is my first book that tackles about arrange marriage. But it quite reminds me of http://sense8.wikia.com/wiki/Kala_Dandekar in the drama-scifi show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense8 , directed and written by The Wachowskis who made the adaptation of the https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49628.Cloud_Atlas . She is also going to be married to someone she doesn't love.
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“You can choose what you want to be when you grow up, the types of shoes you want to buy, how long you want your hair to be. But your husband, that’s different. We choose your husband for you. You understand that, right?” I’ve heard this more times than I can count. The first time we had this conversation was seven years ago, when I was ten.
Naila, the main character, is free to do anything in the cage made by her parents, or her culture. She is not allowed to interact with other boys, especially in gatherings or parties, since it her parents' decision who her husband will be. (I have nothing against arranged marriage because it is a part of others' cultures) And one day, after a failure to escape her parents' grasp she later found herself on a plane towards Pakistan to visit her relatives, or at least that what her parents told her. But as soon as she found out her parent's real plans, she must leave Pakistan or soon she will be tied to another person grasp.
This tackles a bad side of arrange marriage where you have no freedom to choose your spouse but it is decided by someone else, your parents for instance. I really hated Naila's relatives for they abused her physically, mentally and emotionally that leave her broken, hopeless and accept what is happening to her, what they describes as things written in the stars.
“My mother always says when you fight destiny, destiny fights back. Some things, they're just written in the stars. You can try but you can never escape what's meant to be.”
I really like the pacing of the book but somehow the last part of the book is quite faster than the pacing of the previous chapters.
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About Aisha Saeed
Aisha Saeed (aishasaeed.com) is a Pakistani American writer, teacher, and attorney. Her writings have appeared in publications including The Orlando Sentinel, Muslim Girl magazine, and Rivaaj magazine. As one of the founding members of the much talked about We Need Diverse Books Campaign, she is helping to change the conversation about diversity in literature. She is also a contributing author to the highly acclaimed Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women, which features the story of her own (happily) arranged marriage. Aisha lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and sons.
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