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Beyond the fields / Aysha Baqir.
- Title
- Beyond the fields / Aysha Baqir.
- Author
- Baqir, Aysha,
- Publication
- Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR9540.9.B37 B49 2019g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 276 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- "Zara and Tara, twins born to a poor farmer in South Punjab, work from dawn to dusk. Their father toils day after day but is forced to sell his produce to their landlord at a subsidized rate. Zara is passionate about learning and is thrilled at an opportunity to take an exam that might win her a scholarship to a girls' school in a neighbouring village. However, Zara and Tara discover that their parents have already arranged their dowries. During an afternoon spree of games, Tara is kidnapped from the fields and raped. When Zara's father accepts a shocking marriage proposal for Tara, Zara opposes his decision. When it emerges that Tara's husband has been keeping her in a brothel, the twins' parents declare that it is too dangerous for them to interfere and they must accept that Tara is lost to them. Determined to find her twin and seek justice, Zara embarks on a harrowing quest to rescue Tara and find a safe space in their village in a world where girls and women, all too often, don't support one another."--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Social problem fiction.
- ISBN
- 9789814841184
- 9814841188
- LCCN
- 2019353222
- OCLC
- on1080591148
- 1080591148
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries