Saffron Dreams (Reflections of America)

ISBN: 1932690735

Author: Abdullah, Shaila

Condition: New

Saffron Dreams is a tale of love, tragedy, and redemption from the award-winning author of Beyond the Cayenne Wall...Named as one of the 50 Greatest Works of Immigration Literature by Open Education Database. Recipient of multiple awards including Patras Bukhari Award for English Language, Golden Quill Award, and Written Art Award. Cited in a study by Washington and Lee University researchers who concluded that reading fiction like Saffron Dreams can make someone less racist.You don't know you're a misfit until you are marked as an outcast.From the darkest hour of American history emerges amesmerizing tale of tender love, a life interrupted, and faithrecovered. Arissa Illahi, a Muslim artist and writer, discovers in asingle moment that no matter how carefully you map your life,it is life itself that chooses your destiny. After her husband's deathin the collapse of the World Trade Center, the discovery of hismanuscript marks Arissa's reconnection to life. Her unborn sonand the unfinished novel fuse in her mind into one life-definingproject that becomes, at once, the struggle for her emotionalsurvival and the redemption of her race. Saffron Dreams is anovel about our ever evolving identities and the events and placesthat shape them. It reminds us that in the midst of tragedy, ourdreams can become a lasting legacy.About the AuthorNoted as "Word Artist" by critics, Shaila Abdullah is an award-winning author and designer based in Austin, Texas. Her 2005 debut book, Beyond the Cayenne Wall is a collection of short stories about Pakistani women struggling to find their individualities despite the barriers imposed by society. Her award-winning novel Saffron Dreams explores the tragedy of 9/11 from the perspective of a Muslim widow. She has also written three children's books-- My Friend Suhana, Rani in Search of a Rainbow, and A Manual for Marco. For more information, please visit ShailaAbdullah.com.Saffron Dreams is Book #5 of the Reflections of America Series from Modern History Press ModernHistoryPress.com