An American BratBapsi Sidhwa S Brilliant Fourth Novel Chronicles The Adventures Of A Young Pakistani Girl In America With An Enormously Satisfying Story And Characters& The Extended Family Of Feroza Ginwalla, A Lively And Temperamental Girl, Agonizes Over The Decision To Send Her To America For A Three-Month Holiday. This Act Of Apparent Audacity Arises From Concern Over Feroza S Conservative Attitudes, Which Stem From Pakistan S Rising Tide Of Fundamentalism. Feroza S Chaperone In America, An Uncle Only Six Years Her Senior, Is Her Guide, Friend, And The Bane Of Her Existence. Her Relationship And Adventures Shape Her Alternatively Hilarious And Terrifying Perceptions Of The Us. Feroza S Family In Pakistan, Meanwhile, Is In Delicious Turmoil Over The Possibility That American Ways Will Ruin Her& |
Contents
Section 1 | 9 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 25 |
Section 4 | 27 |
Section 5 | 40 |
Section 6 | 52 |
Section 7 | 66 |
Section 8 | 85 |
Section 17 | 191 |
Section 18 | 206 |
Section 19 | 220 |
Section 20 | 225 |
Section 21 | 234 |
Section 22 | 241 |
Section 23 | 259 |
Section 24 | 265 |
Section 9 | 96 |
Section 10 | 118 |
Section 11 | 123 |
Section 12 | 137 |
Section 13 | 146 |
Section 14 | 159 |
Section 15 | 173 |
Section 16 | 179 |
Section 25 | 273 |
Section 26 | 284 |
Section 27 | 295 |
Section 28 | 302 |
Section 29 | 309 |
Section 30 | 319 |
Section 31 | 327 |
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