The Love And Lies Of Rukhsana Ali

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With a welcome mix of humor heart and highstakes drama Sabina Khan provides a timely and honest portrait of what its like to grow up feeling unwelcome in your own cultureFight for love Fight for family Fight for yourselfSeventeenyearold Rukhsana Ali has always been fascinated by the universe around her and the laws of physics that keep everything in order But her life at home isnt so absoluteUnable to come out to her conservative Muslim parents she keeps that part of her identity hidden And that means keeping her girlfriend Ariana a secret from them too Luckily only a few more months stand between her carefully monitored life at home and a fresh start at Caltech in the fall But when Rukhsanas mom catches her and Ariana together her future begins to collapse around herDevastated and confused Rukhsanas parents whisk her off to stay with their extended family in Bangladesh where along with the loving arms of her grandmother and cousins she is met with a world of arranged marriages religious tradition and intolerance Fortunately Rukhsana finds allies along the way and through reading her grandmothers old diary finds the courage to take control of her future and fight for her loveAn intersectional diverse comingofage story that will break your heart in the best way Bustle The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali provides a timely and achingly honest portrait of what its like to grow up feeling unwelcome in your own culture and proves that love above all else has the power to change the world