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Haveli (Paperback)
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Short Description for HaveliHaving relented to the ways of her people in Pakistan and married the rich older man to whom she was pledged against her will, Shabanu is now the victim of his family's blood feud and the malice of his other wives. Sequel to "Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind".
Full description- Publisher: Random House USA Children's Books
- Published: 05 January 2004
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Fiction | General | Family
- ISBN 13: 9780679865698 ISBN 10: 0679865691
- Sales rank: 374,207
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Full description for Haveli
The world of Newbery Honor book "Shabanu" is vividly re-created in this novel of a young Pakistani woman's heartbreaking struggle against the tyranny of custom and ancient law. Shabanu, now a mother at 18, faces daily challenges to her position in her husband's household, even as she plans for her young daughter's education and uncertain future. Then, during a visit to the "haveli, " their home in the city of Lahore, Shabanu falls in love with Omar, in spite of traditions that forbid their union. "Again, Staples imbues Shabanu and her beautiful, brutally repressive world with a splendid reality that transcends the words on the page. Admirers of the intelligent and courageous Shabanu will thirst for more."--(starred) "Kirkus."
